Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I have a
router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy them local but
they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a crack at them.

Sal

sal wrote:
Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I
have a router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy
them local but they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a
crack at them.
Sal

Well - I built louvered partitions in the past, and I would not consider
them hard - more tedious. Pretty straight forward, really.

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On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:03:59 -0500, "sal" wrote:

Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I have a
router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy them local but
they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a crack at them.

Make sure you find all the little templates and jigs people have been
designing for them over the years, Sal. It takes away some of the
Tediousity(tmLJ) of building them. Googlem up!

For hinges, try
http://www.leevalley.com/US/hardware...38&cat=3,41241

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In article , says...

Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I have a
router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy them local but
they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a crack at them.

Mainly have to cut lots and lots and lots of diagonal cuts. You'll need
to make a jig. Google "louvered door jig" and you'll find several
options. If you don't mind spending 25 bucks there's a New Yankee
Workshop episode on this. http://www.newyankee.com/index.php?id=53
#ecwid:category=1855073&mode=product&product=79166 64.

sal wrote:
Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I
have a router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy
them local but they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a
crack at them.

Got a table or radial saw? If so it's not all that hard. If you don't, it
would be.

Forgetting the louvers for a moment, the door frames are made like any other
door frame. IIRC, the louvers are normally at 60 degrees. If you can live
with 45 degrees - I do - the louvers can be easy too. Here's what I do...

1. Make the door frames 1 1/4" thick.

2. Rout or saw a 1" wide by 1/2" deep rabbet on the back side of the stiles
where the louvers are going to go. The rabbet can be more than 1/2" if
desired but the width must be 1".

3. Take two pieces of wood 1" x the depth of the above rabbet and rout or
saw 1/4" X 1/4" kerfs across them at a 45 degree angle. Space the kerfs as
you want the louvers to be. Don't forget that you need a right hand and a
left hand strip for each door.

4. Rip off 1/4" strips from a board at 45 degrees. The board must be
exactly 3/4" thick; if it is, the strips will exactly fit in the kerfs made
in #3. The louver edges will be sharp, ease them slightly.

5. Mount the strips from #3 in the stile rabbets and insert the louvers.

6. Attach 1/4" x 5/8" +- molding on the back of the door to cover the pieces
from #3.




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Thanks for the info guys . I thought I might need some type of jig.

Sal

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In article , says...

Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I
have a
router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy them local but
they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a crack at them.

Mainly have to cut lots and lots and lots of diagonal cuts. You'll need
to make a jig. Google "louvered door jig" and you'll find several
options. If you don't mind spending 25 bucks there's a New Yankee
Workshop episode on this. http://www.newyankee.com/index.php?id=53
#ecwid:category=1855073&mode=product&product=79166 64.

On Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:17:39 -0500, "sal" wrote:
Thanks for the info guys . I thought I might need some type of jig.

That depends on how difficult a design you use. An adjustable mitre
saw that can cut repeatable angles is basically all you need. Yes,
it's a little more expensive that a jig, but it's much more capable
for future projects than a jig could ever be.
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/pag...=1,42884,43836

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sal wrote:
Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I
have a router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy
them local but they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a
crack at them.

Got a table or radial saw? If so it's not all that hard. If you don't,
it would be.

Forgetting the louvers for a moment, the door frames are made like any
other door frame. IIRC, the louvers are normally at 60 degrees. If you
can live with 45 degrees - I do - the louvers can be easy too. Here's
what I do...

1. Make the door frames 1 1/4" thick.

2. Rout or saw a 1" wide by 1/2" deep rabbet on the back side of the
stiles where the louvers are going to go. The rabbet can be more than
1/2" if desired but the width must be 1".

3. Take two pieces of wood 1" x the depth of the above rabbet and rout or
saw 1/4" X 1/4" kerfs across them at a 45 degree angle. Space the kerfs
as you want the louvers to be. Don't forget that you need a right hand
and a left hand strip for each door.

4. Rip off 1/4" strips from a board at 45 degrees. The board must be
exactly 3/4" thick; if it is, the strips will exactly fit in the kerfs
made in #3. The louver edges will be sharp, ease them slightly.

5. Mount the strips from #3 in the stile rabbets and insert the louvers.

6. Attach 1/4" x 5/8" +- molding on the back of the door to cover the
pieces from #3.




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Tks. for the plan dadiOH I'll give it a go.

Sal

sal wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message
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sal wrote:
Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make?
I have a router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy
them local but they had to be custom made so I thought I would take
a crack at them.

Got a table or radial saw? If so it's not all that hard. If you
don't, it would be.

Forgetting the louvers for a moment, the door frames are made like
any other door frame. IIRC, the louvers are normally at 60 degrees.
If you can live with 45 degrees - I do - the louvers can be easy
too. Here's what I do...

1. Make the door frames 1 1/4" thick.

2. Rout or saw a 1" wide by 1/2" deep rabbet on the back side of the
stiles where the louvers are going to go. The rabbet can be more
than 1/2" if desired but the width must be 1".

3. Take two pieces of wood 1" x the depth of the above rabbet and
rout or saw 1/4" X 1/4" kerfs across them at a 45 degree angle. Space the
kerfs as you want the louvers to be. Don't forget that
you need a right hand and a left hand strip for each door.

4. Rip off 1/4" strips from a board at 45 degrees. The board must be
exactly 3/4" thick; if it is, the strips will exactly fit in the
kerfs made in #3. The louver edges will be sharp, ease them
slightly. 5. Mount the strips from #3 in the stile rabbets and insert the
louvers. 6. Attach 1/4" x 5/8" +- molding on the back of the door to
cover the
pieces from #3.




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Tks. for the plan dadiOH I'll give it a go.

One correction: the width of the rabbet and the piece into which the louver
slots are cut should be 1 1/16 rather than 1". That's because the louvers -
cut from 3/4" stock - will be 1.06 wide...a hair under 1 1/16.



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On Thursday, April 26, 2012 6:03:59 PM UTC-7, sal wrote:
Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I have a
router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy them local but
they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a crack at them.

Sal

Rockler (and others) have louver bits, and louver guide templates for doing the mortises. Especially the mortise guide is helpful. They even have a faux louver bit that lets you use solid slats and each represents three louvers.

On Apr 26, 9:03*pm, "sal" wrote:
Hi. woodies how hard would swinging louvered cafe doors be to make? I have a
router and the basic handtools chisels etc. I tried to buy them local but
they had to be custom made so I thought I would take a crack at them.

Sal

Looks like Rockler knew you wanted to make these and have something
for you.
http://woodworking.rockler.com/nav/c...own-shutters/0

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