Step 5 – Write a ‘cutting list’
Once you are happy with your design, it is time to make an ordered list of the wood you need. Using sketchUp, go through your design several times and check you have everything.
| Previous Step | Next Step |
Invent Design Make
Follow Us:
Browse Flowering Elbow
- Dust Extraction (2)
- Foundry Casting (2)
- Fun (12)
- How To (11)
- Invent (11)
- Lathe from Scrap (6)
- Makers Community (4)
- Mending (4)
- Modding (3)
- Sewing (1)
- Tools (12)
- Upcycling (6)
- Wood Stove (8)
- Woodplay (17)
- Workshop (9)
Latest Blog Entries
- Automated door from an old windscreen wiper motor
- I did not expect to be using the CNC like this
- The DIY CNC Router cuts steel!
- A New Book about Chainsaw Milling
- How to make Slug-Proof Raised Beds, uncommon yet simple design
- Posts that see out the century! How to make your own rot proof timber
- How to Drive for free: Bio-tuning a VW Caddy Van
- How to make a Garden Bench with the Chainsaw
Outside FE
Composite Oak French Doors, step by step:
- French Composite Oak Doors – Intro
- 1 – Specifying the Glass (i)
- 2 – Specifying the Glass (ii)
- 3 – Designing your Doors
- 4 – Other Design Considerations
- 5 – Write a ‘cutting list’
- 6 – Get some wood
- 7 – Cut to size
- 8 – Prepare Channels for Weather seals
- 9 – Constructing the Frame part 1 – Laminating the Oak
- 10 – Constructing the Frame part 2 – Making a Rectangle
- 11 – Constructing the Doors Part 1 – Making the Rails and Stiles
- 12 – Constructing the Doors Part 2 – Adding the outer glass housing
- 13 – The Central Jambs & Multipoint Lock
- 14 – Going Composite & Adding Insulation
- 15 – Hinges
- 16 – The Central Rain Cover and Sills
- 17 – Test Hanging the Doors
- 18 – Finishing the Oak Surface
- 19 – Preparing the Entryway
- 20 – Installing the Oak Frames
- 21 – Glazing the Doors
- 22 – Finishing Touches & Door Handle