Will be putting doors on garage shelving to keep out wood dust (try anyway).
Will need to put facings on top of 2x4 cross pieces, on which I can mount
hinges and hang the doors. Big Doors.

Will 3/4" ash be sufficient (will it hold), or do I need to use Oak?

"Chris Carruth" wrote in message
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Will be putting doors on garage shelving to keep out wood dust (try
anyway). Will need to put facings on top of 2x4 cross pieces, on which I
can mount hinges and hang the doors. Big Doors.

Will 3/4" ash be sufficient (will it hold), or do I need to use Oak?


Southern Yellow Pine will work providing your doors don't weigh over 50 or
60 pounds.

Do you have any other details. The length of the screws and number of
hinges you use will have a big determining factor as to how much weight you
can carry concerning the doors.

"Chris Carruth" wrote in message . com...
| Will be putting doors on garage shelving to keep out wood dust (try anyway).
| Will need to put facings on top of 2x4 cross pieces, on which I can mount
| hinges and hang the doors. Big Doors.
|
| Will 3/4" ash be sufficient (will it hold), or do I need to use Oak?
|
|

I used 3/4" Baltic birch plywood. Looks good and is still straight after 20 years.

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PDQ

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"If" you can find a decent sheet or two exterior plywood
like a/c or a/b, you could use that for doors in a exterior
non heated garage. A/C would be my first choice but quality
is a real issue with plywood these days, so be picky.


Chris Carruth wrote:

Will be putting doors on garage shelving to keep out wood dust (try anyway).
Will need to put facings on top of 2x4 cross pieces, on which I can mount
hinges and hang the doors. Big Doors.

Will 3/4" ash be sufficient (will it hold), or do I need to use Oak?

Greetings and Salutations...

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 07:27:28 GMT, "Chris Carruth"
wrote:

Will be putting doors on garage shelving to keep out wood dust (try anyway).
Will need to put facings on top of 2x4 cross pieces, on which I can mount
hinges and hang the doors. Big Doors.

Will 3/4" ash be sufficient (will it hold), or do I need to use Oak?

"big" doors get heavy quickly. How big are we talking about
and how are you planning to hang them?
IF you are talking about "flap" doors with the hinges on top
that hang down, then, "raised panel" doors with 3/4" frames and 1/4"
plywood panels will work fine. Shucks...a rectangle of 1/4" plywood
of the appropriate size, with moldings to build the edge up to 3/4"
or so would work well enough.
If you are talking about standard, side-hung doors...might
want to crank up to 1/2" plywood panels, with 5/8" framing.
I would suggest, though, that you seriously consider getting
a decent dust collector. I have had the Grizzyly 1029 model for
some time now, and, find that it does a great job (even with
just the standard bags) of keeping the shop dust free. I let it
run 10-15 minutes after finishing up, and, the air is nicely cleaned
out. Getting the finer filter bags helps even more. It is great
to have collector lines run through the shop, to each machine, but
one can do quite well with a 20' or so corregated plastic hose
that gets dragged here and there.
It is always easier to collect at the source and remove
the dust than it is to go back and chase it down through the entire
shop.
Regards
Dave Mundt