danbell78 Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 I am working on a sliding 'barn' door for our laundry room. Basic design is a simple frame, 1.5 thick x 4 wide oak, and a 1/2 inch plywood MDO panel for the middle. Panel will be painted for a chalkboard. Question is the joints for the frame. Was thinking good old mortise and tenon, but then tonight thought maybe a couple of 10x50 dominoes might do the trick. I have the little domino. Do you think those would work, since I can glue the plywood panel in for strength too? Don't want to be lazy but seems to me the dominoes might work and be so much quicker. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 I would stack 4- 8 mm dominos . That wou d give you 7 mm separation between 2 - 8mm dominoes side by side. And yes glue the 1/2" plywood panel as well. Barn doors don't get that much stress. Make sure to allow for the door to clear the baseboard and door casing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbell78 Posted January 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 Thanks for the suggestion. The 8mm dominoes I have are 40mm long, so I was thinking that the length was more valuable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barron Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 You can also make your own wider domino, and plunge as deeply as possible on each side. I prefer to make my own vs stacking, but they are not hard to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pwk5017 Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 For an interior door that will see very little abuse, i wouldn't think twice about using dominoes. Save the time and use it!! i did a double door gate for our new fence this summer. One gate was made with huge M&T joints and the other was made with 10mm dominoes. I doubt years from now I'll be able to tell which is which. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbell78 Posted January 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 So I messed that one up.... When cutting the groove into the sides for the panel I cut the full length, essentially taking out the material that the dominoes would have gone into. So back to plan A of good old mortise and tenon joints. Actually was impressed with the fit of the joints I was able to do. Should be plenty strong now with 2in long by 2in wide tenons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbell78 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 Since I started the topic here is an update. I got the door put together last night. Glue up didn't go as smoothly as the dry fit, but was able to get it squared up and clamped. The joints turned out pretty good, and not as difficult to do as I was fearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post danbell78 Posted February 13, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 Update... Got the door installed over the weekend. Turned out pretty good. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 All that work and you painted it ? Let me guess," she who must be obeyed" ? I plunge cut the groove when using dominos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted February 13, 2018 Report Share Posted February 13, 2018 I like it, nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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