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Step 10Addendum
This step is for those of you who don't have access to an old barn. I'll give a materials list an a description of the door coupled with a closeup picture. With a little ingenuity (and maybe a scribe to mark angles), it shouldn't be too hard to replicate the door we used. If you want it decorated the way ours was, just go find a pasture full of cows and lay it down in the middle of them for a couple years, that should do the trick!
Materials (lumber) you will need (the older, the better): (3) 1" x 8" pieces 8' long, (3) 1" x 4" pieces 8' long, (4) 1" x 12" pieces 8' long, and about 14' of 1" x 2" pieces for scabs.
Nails and saw
Lay out side by side four pieces of 1" x 12" and one piece of 1" x 4" about 82" long.
Now lay a piece of 1" x 8" about 51" long crosswise over one short side. Cut two 1" x 8" pieces about 74" long and lay them along the edges (you're starting to build a frame).
The next two pieces are the cross pieces which are cut from the 1" x 4" material. The first one will go all the way from one top corner to the bottom of the door-use an 8' piece of lumber and scribe the angles to cut on both ends (you will cut a 90 degree angle on both ends for butting up to edges of frame-see pic for clarification). The second piece will be similar to the first, but in two halves (you can cut these from 2-4' pieces. Then lay in the bottom piece between the two cross pieces (it will be a trapezoidal shape with the longer side about 36"-use the scribe to get the right angles). Now add two small 1" x 8" pieces perpendicular across the center (so it divides the door in half lengthwise). Scribe and cut the angles for the center, then cut off the outside edges square. Last, take the 1" x 2" and cut pieces long enough to scab over any cracks between the bottom pieces of 1" x 12". A note on the nails used: ours was built with nails that were too long for the thickness of the door and the ends were then bent over and sunk into the wood on the opposite side. (We've sandwiched the bottom edge between two scrap pieces of wood to reinforce the rotten edge.) Good Luck!
Materials (lumber) you will need (the older, the better): (3) 1" x 8" pieces 8' long, (3) 1" x 4" pieces 8' long, (4) 1" x 12" pieces 8' long, and about 14' of 1" x 2" pieces for scabs.
Nails and saw
Lay out side by side four pieces of 1" x 12" and one piece of 1" x 4" about 82" long.
Now lay a piece of 1" x 8" about 51" long crosswise over one short side. Cut two 1" x 8" pieces about 74" long and lay them along the edges (you're starting to build a frame).
The next two pieces are the cross pieces which are cut from the 1" x 4" material. The first one will go all the way from one top corner to the bottom of the door-use an 8' piece of lumber and scribe the angles to cut on both ends (you will cut a 90 degree angle on both ends for butting up to edges of frame-see pic for clarification). The second piece will be similar to the first, but in two halves (you can cut these from 2-4' pieces. Then lay in the bottom piece between the two cross pieces (it will be a trapezoidal shape with the longer side about 36"-use the scribe to get the right angles). Now add two small 1" x 8" pieces perpendicular across the center (so it divides the door in half lengthwise). Scribe and cut the angles for the center, then cut off the outside edges square. Last, take the 1" x 2" and cut pieces long enough to scab over any cracks between the bottom pieces of 1" x 12". A note on the nails used: ours was built with nails that were too long for the thickness of the door and the ends were then bent over and sunk into the wood on the opposite side. (We've sandwiched the bottom edge between two scrap pieces of wood to reinforce the rotten edge.) Good Luck!
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