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ok not much to look at but its my first attempt so i want to share it with you guys :oops:

made from 25mm mdf, i wanted 22mm but noone had any stock locally and have no time to order, my cutters are designed for 18-22mm timber so i had to adjust stuff to get them to go together
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hopefully when i fit it next week i will come away with a order for several smaller alcove unit doors that they are keen to replace :thumbright:
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Looks smart Jamie :thumbright:

Good to see you posting some pics mate...Keep it up :wink:

Good luck with the other work..
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Yes, looks good from the photo, keep up the good work
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I made some cabinet doors using my door set cutters and since then I have managed to get by using stick on strips. That looks like a hell of a job Speed you must have great dust extraction. It must weigh a ton :lol: How have you secured the hinges?

Nice job :thumbright:

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Looks a good job, especially if you have had to think outside the box to adapt what you have to be able to do the job.

Edge knots on the right leg, though.........tut tut
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Thanks guys

Dwd I use the festool router table with festolls extractor so it's pretty dust free, when I got the full 8x4 getting it off the rack and into the van was a struggle it must weigh near on 60kg a sheet.
The hinges are screwed with 2"6s and got a real good hold

Roc there was some head scratching and swearing going on :lol:
I have made a face frame to fit once the frames in the wall so the knots won't really be seen and they won't fall out because there not dead, so will be ok, if not its your fault :lol:
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royaloakcarpentry wrote:
Edge knots on the right leg, though.........tut tut
Knot free door liners - if only!

Fitted ten one day last week, they all had plenty of knots..............

..............but it helps to keep the spider blinders busy. :lol:

Nice job speed.
when I got the full 8x4 getting it off the rack and into the van was a struggle it must weigh near on 60kg a sheet.
Wait 'til you try a sheet of 50mm MDF - now that's heavy. :shock:
One day it will all be firewood.
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25mm MDF 60K.......never. Feck me I must be so used to working on my own that I just get on with carrying them lol
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royaloakcarpentry wrote:25mm MDF 60K.......never. Feck me I must be so used to working on my own that I just get on with carrying them lol
25mm MDF - average weight 18.75k per sq m - (google - just now) - about 55k then. :-)
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60kg is like 10 stone! :shock: For one sheet?! Really..
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Can't be right.....you carry em with one hand, lent against your arm, shoulder and head.


You can get it on Alibaba......probably only weighs a couple of kilos from China
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royaloakcarpentry wrote:Can't be right.....you carry em with one hand, lent against your arm, shoulder and head.

I think it's all about technique rather than weight - we get used to carrying heavy doors and sheet stuff.

I hung some 2 hour fire doors a couple of years back - it just happened to be in a hospital and the first one was in a physio's room - I stuck the door on their scales and it went 147lb - I'd humped them out of the joinery shop onto the wagon and up the stairs at the hospital, but I know I'd struggle with a bag of cement @ 112lb (if you could still get one that size).
One day it will all be firewood.
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Nice job mate :thumbright: hope you ain't got to carry that up to many flights of stairs?. Get one of these mate http://www.tooled-up.com/product/roughn ... mm/184491/
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small update
i dont have a before pic but the bottom was plasterboard wall with a small cupboard door just where the boiler was, now its opened up they can store bedding/towels

fitted :thumbright:
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looks nice mate :thumbright: Does the boiler need ventilation mate ? Be a shame to have to put a grill in
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