Wood-Finishing

After the door was installed, it spent nearly a week without any sort of latch, as I pondered the available options while working on other stuff. A traditional door knob wasn’t going to work, and a gate latch I picked up from the hardware store was both hideous looking and only marginally functional. Eventually I decided it was worth the time investment to make my own latch using red oak. ...

Today I finally finished framing out for and assembling the bulkhead door. Wood used was yellow pine (mostly scraps and salvage, with the exception of one 2x4 stud) and some surplus cypress tongue in groove. Most of the wood had been sitting around in a shed for over a decade, so a bit of restoration was required. This is to say I burned the snot out of it with a blowtorch, gave it a quick pass with the palm sander, and rubbed it down with oil. ...