Instructables: exploring - workshop - home-renovation - door - featured http://www.instructables.com Tue, 21 May 2013 03:56:36 PDT BLOX v1.01 Build a Dutch-Door! http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Dutch-Door/
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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:13:21 PST
How to strip paint from an old door. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-strip-paint-from-an-old-door/
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Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:34:58 PST
Cleaning and Repairing an Antique Mortise Door Lock http://www.instructables.com/id/Cleaning-and-Repairing-an-Antique-Mortise-Door-Loc/
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Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:56:52 PDT
Project Coraline: Build an attic door w/ skeleton lock http://www.instructables.com/id/Project-Coraline-Build-an-attic-door-w-skeleton-/
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Sun, 5 Feb 2012 13:10:56 PST
Castle Door http://www.instructables.com/id/Castle-Door/
Castle Door - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI7/E0K1/GXBNARMH/FI7E0K1GXBNARMH.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI7/E0K1/GXBNARMH/FI7E0K1GXBNARMH.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI7/E0K1/GXBNARMH/FI7E0K1GXBNARMH.SMALL.jpg bricabracwizard Yes I really would like to win the shopbot challenge, no more shaky hands to create beautiful works of art, when you accidentally cut off some important part of your project you have to start over, NOT with the shopbot CNC router! We used to have this really terrible, tiny bathroom in the middle of...
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Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:26:29 PST
Air-Powered Star Trek Style Door http://www.instructables.com/id/Air-Powered-Star-Trek-Style-Door/
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Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:08:58 PST
Bookcase / Han in Carbonite Hidden Door http://www.instructables.com/id/Bookcase-Han-in-Carbonite-Hidden-Door/
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Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:01:18 PST