The peripheral stiles and rails are joined by loose tenons, which allow for fine-tuning of their position during the glue-up (tenons are deliberately narrower than the mortises), yet result in a sturdy frame. The central stile and rail use regular mortise-and-tenon joints, partly fashioned with the aid of a house-made tenoning jig. The panels float…
This door provides a small entrance to the barn where firewood is stored. The door is made from two layers of spruce boards joined by tongue-and-groove, and reinforced horizontally with two sliding dovetails. The jamb corners are reinforced with dowels.
The cellar door is built using a sandwich construction. The insulation layer (polysterene) core rests within the wooden frame (mortise-and-tenon joints), and is covered by the tongue-and-groove siding panels at the front, and with a plywood panel at the back. The front siding is butted by edge pieces along the periphery, and covered by an…
This project sources local weather sensors (temperature, humidity etc.) and remote measurements (obtained via a wifi connection to an online weather API) to display the relevant weather information on analog meters.
The calculations for a stairwell, especially the rise and run and the carriage (stringer) layout and dropping, are critical — I recommend the classical treatise on the subject, Basic Stairbuilding by Scott Schuttner. The corner walls where the staircase was to be fitted were paneled by a tongue-and-groove wainscoting (diagonally-nailed tongues), with cutouts for electrical…
A simple wooden pergola with traditional style, i.e. angled braces (mortise-and-tenon) and rafters fitted with double-shouldered center laps.
