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Subject: Making a garage door
From: Steven Trovato <strovato@optonline.net>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 11:00:36 -0400
I have a wood garage door.  It's a typical sectional door, flush 
style.  The outside is some sort of composition board with a wood grain 
pattern stamped into it.  The hardware is all relatively new, but the wood 
panels themselves are kind of beat.  I was thinking about trying to make 
some.  The house is cedar.  I could use some sort of cedar siding for the 
outside surface.  I was thinking about a frame, with cedar on the outside, 
some sort of thin panel on the inside and some sort of insulation board in 
the openings between.  One thing is the panels can't come out too thick or 
heavy.  I suppose some sort of cedar veneer or thin panel could be used for 
the outside, but I haven't seen anything appropriate in 16 foot 
lengths.  Also, the edges are routed in a matching pattern to reduce air 
penetration between them.  Does somebody sell a router bit or something to 
do this?  Has anyone out there ever done this?  Suggestions welcome.  






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