But it looks fabulous.

 

Damn, that's beautiful. I think you've left the realm of craftsmanship and ventured into fine art.

 

Mighty nice of all of you to compliment me on my work.

and Robie....

 

Better get shoveling.
Er, I mean, better get the wife shoveling.

 

Why? Gonna be 40-50F the next three days plus.

 

Not a badass. I made a color sample for the client and then had trouble copying it even though I knew exactly what I did. Took me about 10 tries before I was able to get the final color to come out right.

Plus if I screw up there really isn't a do over because the dye gets in deep. But the dye is also the part that I knew I had down well. It was the final color that wasn't developing which worked out to how long the stain stays on the pc. And I never let it stay on as long as I need to do. 30 40 seconds. After a while the stain starts to evaporate and it become tough to wipe it off. But 1 minute 45 seconds is the magic number so I gotta keep moving the stain around so it doesn't start to dry.

 

Not a badass. I made a color sample for the client and then had trouble copying it even though I knew exactly what I did. Took me about 10 tries before I was able to get the final color to come out right.

Plus if I screw up there really isn't a do over because the dye gets in deep. But the dye is also the part that I knew I had down well. It was the final color that wasn't developing which worked out to how long the stain stays on the pc. And I never let it stay on as long as I need to do. 30 40 seconds. After a while the stain starts to evaporate and it become tough to wipe it off. But 1 minute 45 seconds is the magic number so I gotta keep moving the stain around so it doesn't start to dry.

… Contrasted with some cabinet doors I made yesterday.

Half inch birch plywood, cut with a Tracksaw and eased edges. I thought to myself I am becoming a fine carpenter now, because I used 120 instead of 80 grit.

Some stain I had in the truck, poured into a puddle in the middle of the door and smeared around.

About an hour and a half time invested.

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Congratulations on your rising to 120 grit sandpaper

Just so you know, I used 120 grit on the Oak door as the final grit before applying the dye.

We both know what we are doing.

It's a nice even stain on your door. It's not always an easy thing to do. Birch is a blotchy wood. But I find Birch plywood stains easier than solid. I condition the solid wood.

 

Congratulations on your rising to 120 grit sandpaper

Just so you know, I used 120 grit on the Oak door as the final grit before applying the dye.

We both know what we are doing.

It's a nice even stain on your door. It's not always an easy thing to do. Birch is a blotchy wood. But I find Birch plywood stains easier than solid. I condition the solid wood.

Thanks for the compliments!


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53x120 winery in south alabama

 

Got the other side of the door stained. Came out good, more activity on this side because this is the entry side of the door. Need to impress the clients coming in, the the people in the office. Now I'm doing tests for the plain sawn Oak that the rest of the entryway is made out of. Gotta play some games to make them look the same even though they will be dramatically different. Just matching the color might not do. Not sure, that's why I'm testing.

 

Always love trying to match colors - NOT. This is about the 6th try that counted. I did some others that weren't even close, trying to get a one step process.

The camera screws things up. The center color is the closest. On the horizontal picture it looks like the one to the left is closer, but in reality the colors swapped. The center one is a bit dark when seen by eye. I'm not sure if I want to shorten the soak time of the stain or decrease the amount of dye I put in it.

In this picture the center sample looks really close. You can see how the camera distorts the color compared to the 1st shot. This is more what they look like to my eye.

Either way I'll be doing several more tries. And after I find that magic formula I'll be doing several more trials to make sure I can get a consistent result and it wasn't by fluke or luck I got the right color.

 

OK I am sure everyone is wondering so ill be the one to ask. What is the cost to make and install the door?
I know its none of my business but i am curious.

 

I recently priced a much simpler door from a commercial fabricator, cost came back at $6700.-ish, door and frame, finish, delivery and install area above this cost.

If Leo is not in the 12,500-13,500 ranges he is giving his work away.

The PSWO door below I fabricated, finished and installed, if I recall correctly was $5900.00. This door is a custom size to fit the opening, width, height and jamb depth is non-standard.

Tom

 

$350.00

 

My guess......$2600.00

 

Double that I bet

 

$10,350

 

Realistically I agree with between 8-10k. That's not off the shelf

 

Old house and driveway are gone, lots ready to build on 👍

Some big ass root balls from them trees

 

Old house and driveway are gone, lots ready to build on 👍

Some big ass root balls from them trees

Just curious, what do you do with those root balls? Around here, we'd either need to bury them somewhere or chip them up. Can be pretty tough to find a place to bury them.

Burning isn't an option. Well, at least in daylight.

 

My guess is around $7,500... but being custom, worth more...

 

If you move to Texas I'd pay full price and send a hand to carry your chit and clean up, bring you ice cream 😆

 

What kind of ice cream?

 

Probably melted.

 

Them hands have Yetis, better not be melted. If it is aleast not until hes done with the job 😆

It is hot here though.

 

Blue Bell is in Brenham. You can get samples there. I'm surprised Day hasn't found it.

Cub Scouts love taking the tour.

 

With this if I screw up I'll bet I can sand it out. The door color schedule there is no going back. The dye just gets too deep into the wood to get it out. While testing I put it through the planer to get to fresh wood and sometimes I'd have to remove a 1/16" to find it.

 

Just punch out left, a couple of owner-supplied items hat haven’t come in.

 

Looks gol-danged purty. If it was mine, I would have put the wood stove at 45° to the corner, but that's just me.

 

We tried. A bunch of different ways.

It has a Dutch gable, so there’s a 4x6 hip rafter that comes up right off that corner. We had to move it out of the corner quite a bit to get the chimney up.

At that point, turning it at an angle would have made the hearth enormous, and looked weird anyway with it so far out of the corner.

Definitely not my first choice, but we ran into a couple of funky issues on this one. Old house.

 

Ditto

 

And I’m still pissed I had to build that hearth myself. 😳🤣

It came out OK, but I notice a couple things I wish were better.

I don’t like practicing on customers homes. I’d rather do a couple on my own projects before I sell them. 👍

 

What did you end up doing about the window trim?

 

Nuffum. 😳

Jambs weren’t that big a deal. Trim went on fine.

 

Cool.