I'm not sure if that's the right term or not. It's the type of door you'd
see on a bifold type pantry or closet door.
I'm making a cabinet (per SWMBO specs) for the bathroom and the bottom will
have towels etc. I thought it would be nice to make those doors out of the
slatted style. She wants it white, so materials are nothing special.
Anyone ever made this type door ? How ?
jim
In article <[email protected]>,
Jim Bailey <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm not sure if that's the right term or not. It's the type of door you'd
>see on a bifold type pantry or closet door.
>
>I'm making a cabinet (per SWMBO specs) for the bathroom and the bottom will
>have towels etc. I thought it would be nice to make those doors out of the
>slatted style. She wants it white, so materials are nothing special.
>
>Anyone ever made this type door ? How ?
>
>jim
>
>
>
The _lazy_ way is to make the sides of the louvered area in two parts
(back and front) 'front' is a _thin_ piece, maybe even just shoe molding.
Then you just rip a bunch of angled through dado cuts on the 'back' piece.
something like a box joint jig ensures even spacing. The only tricky part
is getting the miter angle for the 2nd side set to an _exact_ match of that
for the first side.
Thanks. Would you happen to remember any more details about how he went
about making the template ? Did he then use guide bushing to make the cuts ?
"Phisherman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:47:24 GMT, "Jim Bailey"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure if that's the right term or not. It's the type of door you'd
> >see on a bifold type pantry or closet door.
> >
> >I'm making a cabinet (per SWMBO specs) for the bathroom and the bottom
will
> >have towels etc. I thought it would be nice to make those doors out of
the
> >slatted style. She wants it white, so materials are nothing special.
> >
> >Anyone ever made this type door ? How ?
> >
> >jim
> >
> >
>
>
> I wondered myself how this could be done until I saw Norm use a jig
> and a plunge router to cut the slanted slots.
"Jim Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Thanks. Would you happen to remember any more details about how he
> went about making the template ? Did he then use guide bushing to make
> the cuts ?
>
It was the teak bar project. Here is a link to the plans and video that I
believe also has the plans for the jig as well.
http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct3.cgi?9905
"Jim Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm not sure if that's the right term or not. It's the type of door you'd
> see on a bifold type pantry or closet door.
>
> I'm making a cabinet (per SWMBO specs) for the bathroom and the bottom
> will
> have towels etc. I thought it would be nice to make those doors out of the
> slatted style. She wants it white, so materials are nothing special.
>
> Anyone ever made this type door ? How ?
>
> jim
>
A recent Woodsmith issue had complete details for making louvered blinds.
Norm made fixed louvers in an episode. I'm sure measured drawings are
available on the NYW web site. :-)
On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:47:24 GMT, "Jim Bailey"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I'm not sure if that's the right term or not. It's the type of door you'd
>see on a bifold type pantry or closet door.
>
>I'm making a cabinet (per SWMBO specs) for the bathroom and the bottom will
>have towels etc. I thought it would be nice to make those doors out of the
>slatted style. She wants it white, so materials are nothing special.
>
>Anyone ever made this type door ? How ?
>
>jim
>
>
I wondered myself how this could be done until I saw Norm use a jig
and a plunge router to cut the slanted slots.