You know, the jig that holds a door up on edge so that you can work on it. I actually wanna buy a nice, permanent metal one. Someone I worked with had one, adjustable for door width and thickness, padded everywhere, and I think it folded for storage… but I can’t remember the details. Anyone?
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Garry Katz uses a door bench.
http://www.garymkatz.com/Charts/doorbench2.htm
Can't think of the name just now, but the same company that makes all the portable saw stands also makes a portable door bench - works well.
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
Rouseau.Arguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig -- Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it.
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That's the one.
Another memory test, who makes that Doormarator (sp ????) thing that holds up the doors so that one person can hang them ?.
Phill Giles
The Unionville Woodwright
Unionville, Ontario
You've got me there, Phill.Arguing with a Breaktimer is like mud-wrestling a pig -- Sooner or later you find out the pig loves it.
Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a motorcycle. I think that what I have to say has more lasting value. --Robert M. Pirsig
Telpro... same company that makes the PanelLift
Barry E-Remodeler
Where's the fun and pride in that? (says the tool junkie)
I make them up in pairs out of 2x4s, shaped like the number 4. Long vertical rests on the ground, horizontal sticks up past the diagonal by 6" or so to clamp the door onto. Had to replace 3 3-story walkups inner adjoining hall doors with1.75 solid core fire doors and used these things to rout the hinges and striker plates. Worked great. Wished I'd taken a picture. They do the job and store easily against a wall, or use it for kindling if you have the need to start a fire.
G.Katz in his door hanging book also has a homemade rig that uses wedges to keep the door vertical.
Dave,
I have one, got it years ago. Cost about $35 made by Bosch. Threw away my homemade one. Problem with homemade was it lets go if you pick up the door if you have to to move it.
SteveC
Toolcrib/ Amazon.com has one by Carey (etk-tools) and one by Denco (obidos).
I have no experience with either of them though.
-m2akita
Don't waste your money, build one from scrap 2x4. I've had the same one I built over 20 years ago, and it still works like the day I made it. Make the opening wide enough to handle any door you might be working on, for thinner doors, take up the slack with soft cedar shims.
1x4x24" for bottom, two 1x4x8" screwed on each end, under the bottom piece.Two uprights, I use 5/4 x 4x24", screw to bottom piece from underneath. Screw triangular pieces of 1/4" plywood to each side, leave 2" between uprights. When door lays on bottom the weight closes the uprights tight against the door.No wedges needed.
mike, pic doesnt come thru.The more I learn, the richer I become, if I ever stop learning life here will no longer be worth living.
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Edited 11/14/2004 11:46 am ET by Gunner
Thanks for the suggestions I build one... I've done that plenty of times and did it recently where I'm doing a bunch of door work. The manufactured one I saw was very trick, with a pedal you stepped on that opened a pair of padded jaws and actually gripped the door so that you could pick the door up and move it, and the buck would stay on it. When you were done you stepped on the pedal and the jaws opened so you could lift the door out. It grabbed any thickness of door (or anything else) without needing to be adjusted. All of the site built bucks I've seen rely either on gravity to pinch the jaws shut, or a shim inserted between them to grip the door. Sure, I suppose I could make what I'm describing out of wood, but if it's available somewhere for forty or fifty bucks, I'm going to buy one.
The two on Amazon would work but are not what I hoped. The Rousseau bench is $500 and it'd be a cold day in hell before I'd buy something that simple for that much.
A pipe clamp makes a pretty handy door stand.
I just lean my doors up against the sawhorses and have at 'em.