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   jackplane | Jun 01, 2005 04:50pm | #1

   8-0, is that width or height?   The door sounds very solid, and heavy which would require extra hinging unless it were on a roller track.

     I rebuilt a similar garage door, reinforcing with glued on 1/2" ply panels, over a t&g, overlapping with 1/2" ply 'stiles and rails' but it's worked well.

    

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   Moosewood | Jun 02, 2005 05:25am | #2

   Thankyou for your thoughts. Does a lap joint make sense or should I simoly use dowl joints?

   I appreciate your time.

   Rick

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   jackplane | Jun 02, 2005 04:28pm | #3

   Lap joints work well and have a much larger glue surface area than dowels. Again, weight is the major consideration. This can be calculated by finding the specific gravity of cedar, or the cubic ft wt of cedar and the ply involved, and multiplying by the total sq ft. 

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   WillGeorge | Jun 02, 2005 07:06pm | #4

   From you post I would think MORE on the hardware to hold it!

   Wood will do what it wants to... Outside of good woodworking practices nothing you can do about it.. Hardware however can make or break it.. My 2 cents...

   EDIT:: I forgot.. If you can hide 1/2 or 3/4 inch quality plywood triangles in the corners will help ALOT!

   
   

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   Edited 6/2/2005 12:08 pm ET by Will George

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   Pondfish | Jun 02, 2005 11:52pm | #5

   Something you might consider when doing some of the lap joints is to make them look like dovetails.  It's decorative, not too much extra work, and would help make your doors say "wood shop inside."

   Attached is an example of a detail I did in a cabinet.  The joint is essentially a lap joint combined with dovetail shaping.

    

   Recommending the use of "Hide Signatures" option under "My Preferences" since 2005

   
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   WillGeorge | Jun 03, 2005 11:45pm | #6

   NICE.. I like it...