Repurposed old grips

I had a total of 8 doors on the job like this,besides this one that had the transom cut from the top and ship-lapped. 4-1/4" thick.......heavy to say the least. Working on uploading more.........obviously taking a long time

 

Inside with the door open,you can see the ship-lap/half-lap I mentioned,for wind/weather.

 

Parquet cieling panels......each at 42" between the crown trimming it out,as a size reference.

 

All solid european rustic oak,besides the outside faces of the exterior door are american oak. Not a single piece of plywood/chipcore or mdf throughout the entire job. Ive got lots more pics,but they start looking the same or similar.

 

That door is fucking badass.

 

Where's the old grips ?

 

Thank you Sir!

 

The OP wanted to see some pictures of examples of what I do,a few posts/months ago Theres loads more pics,just gotta find the ones that will kinda guide throught the house to give a better visual. Some people have a hard time following floorplans etc.

 

I had a really nice ax handle heart framer several years ago that I really liked. I broke the ash handle on it and then made another ax handle from purple heart. About a month later I left it sitting on a bar I was installing and someone on site stole it. Lol.

Damned African mahogany is hateful.

 

And just like that... Broome's home remodeling plans changed yet again...



Nice work, sir!

 

That looks like work, screw that . Too bad the family farm in Canada is so far, if you are into that kind of stuff we have some logs that are pretty rare. Some are sawed and some not. We have a 60x 80 “shed” as my grandpa calls it with logs and boards (most with 1/4 to 1/2” spacers in between of all kinds of crazy stuff. We give quite a bit away to wood carving people. The amount of money in wood in there is pretty insane but it’s a hobby for us on and old saw mill. We have 2, one fully original and one we converted with hydraulics, runs off tractor PTO, lift crane, etc. Usually if someone wants something cut we will just do it for them for free or make a deal keeping x amount of boards or logs. Every piece of finished wood items that are non building related all the wood cane into the farm as a log. That includes everything from bad ass cabinets to 9/ soon to be 10 fully size stage coaches (exception being wheels purchased from the Amish). I got into wood carving for a while. I always liked “cobra” bmx grips that is slightly modify with a few touches on the belt sander.

 

"Hey, Britx, do you have your stick rule?"

"Yes"

"Good. I need 792 vertical mullions at 26-15/16"."

Nice work. Are the flat panels hardwood too?

 

I can imagine being at work and sending someone after a hammer, and they came back with some of that shit.

The hazing would be relentless.

But the chances of that are slim to none. I’ve never seen one of those “hammers” offshore.

 

Yes,the flat panels are all solid too. Zero plywood/chipcore/mdf throughout the house. The owner was extremely strict in keeping it oldskool,which I really appreciated.

 

Amazing skill set. I love seeing handmade craftsmanship like this. That ceiling though, how many hours are in each panel?

 

Fantastic stuff!!
Thanks for posting!

 

A couple more cool little projects. The PurpleHeart make a beautiful mess.