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…
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.
