U don¡¯t mention the sizes of the Doors or the sizes of styles and rails and what kind of tooling you have to build with half paneling half glass how thick are the doors .
I have only built 1,000 doors plus but all solid.
I did set up one manufacturer with a stave core system, using poplar and quarter inch skins .
With the popular finger joint material at least you can machine it to specific requirements. I¡¯d be a little hesitant to monkey around with LVLs with urea glue unless moulding and planing cutter heads are carbide?
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Designing and building for 50 years
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On Aug 18, 2024, at 12:16?PM, Andy via groups.io <andy.raynor08@...> wrote:
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Hi All,
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Looking at doing 5 exterior doors, relatively simple design with a mid rail and panels with a divider for the lower portion, glass and muntins on top. ?
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Having done stave core with cheaper wood species in the past, it's worked fine but I'm wondering about using LVLs in the build to speed things up. ?I don't think the job is quite big enough to warrant outsourcing scantlings, or ordering prefab laminated rails. ?Anyone have luck with this approach? ?Any gotchas?
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Also on the finishing - what's your go to finish for wood exterior. ?I've always used Sikkens Cetol, is there anything better on the market? ?
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Thanks All!
