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Doormaking Materials, Techniques, and Projects for Building Your First Door Strother Purdy Doormaking Materials, Techniques, and Projects for Building Your First Door by Strother Purdy All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. © Strother Purdy 2017 Cover design: Troy Thorne Artwork: Jim Goold Art direction and layout: Maura J. Zimmer Photography: Strother Purdy except where noted. ISBN: 978-1-61035291-8 135798642 Linden Publishing titles may be purchased in quantity at special discounts for educational, business, or promotional use. To inquire about discount pricing, please refer to the contact information below. For permission to use any portion of this book for academic purposes, please contact the Copyright Clearance Center at www.copyright.com Printed in China. Woodworking is inherently dangerous. Your safety is your responsibility. Neither Linden Publishing nor the author assume any responsibility for any injuries or accidents. Photographs in this book may depict the usage of woodworking machinery where the safety guards have been removed. The guards were removed for clarity. We urge you to utilize all available safety equipment and follow all recommended safety procedures when woodworking. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Purdy, Strother, author. Title: Doormaking : materials, techniques, and projects for building your first door / Strother Purdy. Description: Fresno : Linden Publishing, [2017] | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2017001604 | ISBN 9781610352918 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Wooden doors. | Doors. Classification: LCC TH2278 .P887 2017 | DDC 694/.6--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017001604 The Woodworker’s Library® Linden Publishing, Inc. 2006 S. Mary Fresno, CA 93721 www.lindenpub.com Door, noun: 1. A movable barrier of wood or other material, usually turning on hinges or sliding in a groove, and serving to close or open a passage into a building or room. 2. That which the dog is always on the wrong side —Oxford English Dictionary, mostly. Dedicated to my children, Josephine and Isaac, for no particular reason other than that I love them very much, perhaps with the hope that they will eventually stop slamming the front door. That door that I made, you know. That’s really nice. And shouldn’t be slammed so hard. Not while I’m in earshot anyway. Acknowledgments David Brothers and Rebecca Cheng Jeff Cook Barbara Dahl Bill Duckworth Andy Engel Glen Hochstetter Jon Lindblom Joseph Manley Jon Olivieri Marc Olivieri Geoffrey Purdy David and Nancy Sposato Eric Vikstrom Laurie Wesley The Connecticut Office of the State Building Inspector Conway Hardwoods Atlantic Plywood Historic Housefitters H. H. Taylor’s Hardware Ring’s End Whitechapel, Ltd. Safety Tip Have you read those endless pages of safety warnings that come with every new power tool? You know, the ones up front in the user manual that go on and on and on about everything obvious (do not swing running power tool by its cord above your head, etc.) that you’re supposed to read thoroughly before taking the tool out of the box? They’re written by the underpaid employees of rich lawyers as part of a lucrative settlement when some poor person did swing the tool around and lost an ear thereby winning millions of dollars in court to be given to the lawyer. Don’t be this person, which is to say that keeping your digits attached is much better than spending long hours without them in a courtroom. What’s my advice on how to keep all your digits? The lawyer will tell you it’s all those safety warnings. I’ll add that it’s important to listen to your intuition. This is that gut feeling that says “this isn’t right” or “I’m not sure about this” or “I hope this works ok.” If the tablesaw scares you, it’s for a very good reason. Leave it alone and use other tools. If the tool doesn’t act the way it should, there’s a reason. Stop and ask advice from someone who knows. Learn about the tool or technique and only use it on your own at the point that it no longer scares you. Contents Foreword: Then and Now Introduction: The Basic Challenges of Doormaking 1. Practical Design Principles for Doors 2. Materials 3. Joinery Techniques and Tools 4. Hardware 5. Hanging Doors Door Projects 6. Board-and-Batten Door 7. Frame-and-Panel Interior Door 8. Construction-Grade Plywood Door 9. Modern Rustic Door 10. Honeycomb Core Door 11. Frame-and-Panel Two-Face Door 12. Interior French Doors 13. Arts-and-Crafts Glass Panel Door 14. Screen Door Gallery of Various Doors About the Author Index
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