Hinging a door

[AndyG]

We refuse to wait for door shops on small orders and build our own swing doors-

I tried and tried to get a 3 hinge jig to no avail so made one, a door buck to hold the blanks and we were in business.

These 2 brothers are awesome- Love these boys. We have a lot of fun. They don’t understand a lot of english, but waste no time just yakking and you never see a cell phone during work hours.

They Rock.

They learned to do these today....show them once and they got it.

We say “Mucho Clavos” a lot.

 

[DEValken]

We refuse to wait for door shops on small orders and build our own swing doors-

I tried and tried to get a 3 hinge jig to no avail so made one, a door buck to hold the blanks and we were in business.

These 2 brothers are awesome- Love these boys. We have a lot of fun. They don’t understand a lot of english, but waste no time just yakking and you never see a cell phone during work hours.

They Rock.

They learned to do these today....show them once and they got it.

We say “Mucho Clavos” a lot.

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I'm more impressed you build your own doors. Full tenons?

We've done a couple in past years, 8/4 mahogany with side lites and 12" jambs. One of the "funnest" projects I've done with wood. Lotta lessons learned.

 

[AndyG]

I'm more impressed you build your own doors. Full tenons?

We've done a couple in past years, 8/4 mahogany with side lites and 12" jambs. One of the "funnest" projects I've done with wood. Lotta lessons learned.

If we build the blank we use a festool domino XL- its a big tenon machine basically.


Thank you- I’ve been trying to get my hands on a 3 hinge jig for years but nobody seems to be able to ship


We have made some but we don’t make them ongoing just simply because our workload is too heavy-

We have a local guy who is a full on door builder and he does a good job-

We had been building our own cabinet doors and it was good and someways but we really couldn’t build them any faster or better than the cabinet door shop at the end of the day-

You are correct -it is super rewarding

What all do you guys do-

We are essentially mid to high end remodelers-

 

[DEValken]

If we build the blank we use a festool domino XL- its a big tenon machine basically.


Thank you- I’ve been trying to get my hands on a 3 hinge jig for years but nobody seems to be able to ship


We have made some but we don’t make them ongoing just simply because our workload is too heavy-

We have a local guy who is a full on door builder and he does a good job-

We had been building our own cabinet doors and it was good and someways but we really couldn’t build them any faster or better than the cabinet door shop at the end of the day-

You are correct -it is super rewarding

What all do you guys do-

We are essentially mid to high end remodelers-

I follow your employee woes on here, love what you guys do (not the problems, but the quality you try to instill). Too much shady shit on the residential side.

I was in custom cabinets for a few decades, ran two large shops, couple small ones (none mine). Had a small shop (me) for a year or two doing boat refits and custom furniture, then 2008 hit. At 48 years old I jumped over to structural steel, now I'm a PM for an custom metal fabricator.

We like to say we want the jobs no one else does - but prefer ornamental metals. Our shop kicks ass - most have been there for 15+ years (our main machinist has been there 54 years, still kicking). Red metals, stainless, aluminum, mild steel. Once in a while titanium (pharma companies) and some fancy alloys. Stairs of all kinds (except wood!), pretty much what ever comes in the door if a) it's legal and b) you are willing and able to pay. Cool place, and 4th generation family owned.

I do miss working with wood. Still have my tools, but available time is limited. There's something about watching grain develop as I'm scraping and sanding that still gives me a half-chub.

 

[AndyG]

I follow your employee woes on here, love what you guys do (not the problems, but the quality you try to instill). Too much shady shit on the residential side.

I was in custom cabinets for a few decades, ran two large shops, couple small ones (none mine). Had a small shop (me) for a year or two doing boat refits and custom furniture, then 2008 hit. At 48 years old I jumped over to structural steel, now I'm a PM for an custom metal fabricator.

We like to say we want the jobs no one else does - but prefer ornamental metals. Our shop kicks ass - most have been there for 15+ years (our main machinist has been there 54 years, still kicking). Red metals, stainless, aluminum, mild steel. Once in a while titanium (pharma companies) and some fancy alloys. Stairs of all kinds (except wood!), pretty much what ever comes in the door if a) it's legal and b) you are willing and able to pay. Cool place, and 4th generation family owned.

I do miss working with wood. Still have my tools, but available time is limited. There's something about watching grain develop as I'm scraping and sanding that still gives me a half-chub.

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You’ve got a really cool background-

Wood is a great medium at the same time I’m blown away with what some guys can do with metal. I saw a very good builder in Texas do a house with some steel angle for the corners and I was really impressed.

Right now we’re doing a really nice deck for a customer and we’ve already done one for his daughter I’m going to start a thread on that since decks are common-


There are just a few things you can do that will make the difference in a deck lasting seven or eight years and 25-30 or 40....Plus you can prevent some serious structural damage with just a little bit of planning.

Today one of my workers was picked up by the police because he failed to pay his child-support- I don’t mean he missed a payment or something I mean he never paid a stinking dime.

The first thing that happened was he wanted me to bail him out.

Absolutely not.


It goes against my beliefs values and principles to protect people from the consequences of wrongful actions.

If I did that I am a hypocrite because I believe that is one of the major issues with our society and I’m quick to be vocal about it.

We lost two people the last few weeks and I am absolutely ecstatic about the positive impact it had to morale and production.

Keep doing the good work and be proud of what you contribute.

 

[DuckNut]

We lost two people the last few weeks and I am absolutely ecstatic about the positive impact it had to morale and production.

Find the cancer, kill the cancer.

 

[TJ Jim]

When I read the title I wondered what illiterate cannot spell “hanging” a door? Then I saw it was someone from Alabama. Then I saw it was from @AndyG
Then it all made sense.

 

[AndyG]

When I read the title I wondered what illiterate cannot spell “hanging” a door? Then I saw it was someone from Alabama. Then I saw it was from @AndyG
Then it all made sense.

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