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Has anyone, in your web travels, seen plans or design ideas for making exterior wooden doors?
much thanks,
Scott.
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Scott Do a search at FHB, there have been a number of articles on period doors. I believe Taunton has put out a book on doors also. Skip
*Scott, A fairly decent book is "Building Doors and Entryways" by Craig Weis. Publisher is Sterling.
*I have several books on the subject stashed away, but I can't remember any titles. Try searching Amazon on "doormaking" or try the following link and click on "list similar titles": Doormaking book on Amazon.com
*Thanks all,Scott.
*"Handcrafted Doors & Windows" - Amy Zaffarano Rowland, Rodale Press, 1982 - I have thumbed through this book so many times the pages are worn. Great inspiration, but not much on joinery. Still, I highly reccomend it if you can find it."Doormaking A Do-it-yourself Guide" John Birchard, Sterling, 1999. This was originally published 10 years ago as "Doormaking Patterns and Ideas". Although he doesn't even mention biscuit joinery, there are about 60 pages devoted to the nuts and bolts of doormaking - like joinery, finishing, lumber best suited for doors, positioning a door to protect it etc. The other 100 pages is 2 page shorts on several different doors along with the text that tells how to do whatever makes that door unique. Excellent book. Thorough. I'd give it to my son if he were to ask about doormaking.I thought Craig Weiss's book "Building Doors & Entryways" Sterling,/Lark, 1996 was a lot of flash (lots of color pictures) and not much guts (little or no discussion on what type of joinery was better and why) although he did touch briefly on different types of joints. I was a little disappointed. But, um, I've been called a "tough critic".
*Be careful about finish and specie--a guy i know got in trouble with a client over maple double entry doors with oil finish that swelled and stuck shut. The guy is a careful woodworker, but he wasn't primed for exterior work.