September – 2010 – The Unplugged Woodshop

September 2010

in the days of september…

my other bad axes

the 29th of september-
just like that eh?
well, things have been absolutely over the top since arriving back in Toronto !

I was working on the heritage door the end of last week, the inside mouldings to be more specific. I was planning on getting into the final front window surrounds over the weekend but things didn’t pan out that way due to the fact that…

Mouldings and Miters

Heritage Door Update

I had a pretty productive weekend here in the wood shop. I managed to get all of the main door panel mouldings made as well as mitering them for a dry fit. I also picked up the glass for the opening and was happy to…

Door Update

Fitting the Panels and Cutting Rabbet for the Glass

These last few days I’ve been busy with the door project; with the main frame essentially complete I focused on the four door panels. These are solid Oak about 1 1/8″ thick and needed to be rabbeted on all four sides to slide into…

Heritage Door Update

Getting into the Oak

The door build is getting back holding its pace and things are coming along as planed. For anyone following this project (Dan!) I should apologise for not updating sooner…wanted to get some of the other project down first. I left the door frame seven weeks…

Summer Cabinets

An Update

Just got a few shots from my clients in Cape Breton showing the two built ins I made during the 7 weeks I was out East. In my last post I showed a few pics while these cabinets were being built and here are some…

Last Minute Door Update

Cutting Tenons

I was just dumping my digital camera getting ready for vacation and realised I had some pics of the tenons being sawn for the door project. I’m using my 14″ Rip saw and my 12″ carcass both by Lie Nielsen. Here is some of the…

Chopping a Haunched Mortise

This is not Paul Simons Door

Well I’m busy as hell and goin’ crazy like a bag of hammers…chopping out the mortises these last few days I don’t have time for a full blog so I thought I’d post a video with a few minutes of real time working. The quality…

Exterior Wooden Door Part Two

A Closer Look at Mortising using a Brace and Bit

I had a few comments from my last post and thought it would make sense to answer them here. Been busy this week so I apologise for the delay. To start off with, no…I won’t be publishing the address of my clients home where this…

White Oak and Black Stout

Building an Exterior Door by Hand

Well I’ve been at it this week, working through the door construction. So far so good as they say; the Oak is straight grained, heavy as sin and its aroma through my basement shop is intoxicating. A good start I’ll give you a look at…