| Blog series by Matt | updated 04-17-2016 05:35 PM | 2 parts | 1816 reads | 0 comments total |
Part 1: A project for my wife - and the cats
Hi all, I’ve been building up my shop recently. My wife has been very supportive. So when she asked for some screen doors for inside our house I couldn’t very well say no! You might be wondering why screen doors inside the house… well, we do foster care for our local cat shelter – mainly pregnant mothers and their kittens. We have two rooms where we keep them – neither are heated/cooled. She wants them climate controlled. So… screen doors. She ...
Part 2: Half way there... Looks like a door
Well, I cut my first mortise and tennons ever. Apparently I didn’t center the mortises too well… And I’m not terribly good with a router, but overall I’m pleased. A little more clean up and things will be good. I’ve got to figure out my plan for the slats in the bottom half next. I’ll nee to nail that inside dimension to get it right. I’m debating routing the mortises then making the slats a perfect fit – no tennon. I’d just round over ...
