Steve B wrote:
to make a couple of screen doors?

I have located some Western cedar for $.95 per foot. 1x4, nominal 11/16" x
3 1/2".

I calculate that it will take 15 lineal feet per door, so figure I can add
some extra pieces and call it 50' total for a cost of $50.

I can either rout some channels, or perhaps buy channeling for the rubber
bulb to go in and hold the screen.

Hinges and clasp, another $20 tops. Total cost for 2 doors, around $100.

The cheapest I have found these doors for is $300 for two, and up from
there, some being $450 each.

I have access to a power miter saw, doweling jigs, and about everything one
would need to do a decent job. Just how hard would it be to get these flat,
square, and nice looking?

I don't think that hard.

Anyone else ever done these?

Caveats? Pointers?

Steve


Been there, done that - If cost is your only concern then you will be
better off buying one unless you have an odd side or a special design.

I made one from straight grain douglas fir IIRC. Mortise and tenon
joinery is a must. The screen is stapled and the staples are covered
with a molding. The last one I build had 8 curved inside corners top
section and bottom section. Then custom made curved moldings attached
with brass screws to cover the staples in the screen. End result was
painted. It was modeled after one made in teak I saw in the islands.

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