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Installing a Solid-Core Cherry-Veneer Door

Bob watches Tim Berky cut the mortises for the hinges on the solid-core, cherry-veneer door from Woodport. Berky uses a Hinge Mate from Precision Tools to guide his cuts for the three hinge mortises on the door. The oil-rubbed bronze butt hinges from the House of Antique Hardware will match the decor, handles, knobs, and pulls throughout the remodeled space. Berky then uses a jig to cut the mortises on the jamb, checks for plumb, and attaches the hinges and doors.
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Installing a Solid-Core Cherry-Veneer Door

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" All right Tim can I help you show this is the door that we're going to be installing. And our little mudroom area and it's. Cherry veneer but it's a solid core doors made that would port -- down here. You can see that it's all engineered wood some -- right there in fact the -- runs through here. And turns into -- little ogee molding. That separates the flat panels. And it's all beautiful American cherry which of course -- match up with our kitchen cabinets -- it's being. Tell us a little bit about what you doing here where actually someone listen for the -- here. This side hinges -- made by precision tools and allows me to set here -- this route and we have a little. A guide here that falls along the aluminum. And allows us. It to -- exactly so that you get just the right size for our hinges you go ahead I'll get out of the way you've got -- It's free usually three rest a little bit trimming -- that it should. We take -- rod -- leave the smaller radius right on the -- here this hinge. It's being applied is actually squares -- and all the so. Now these are called butt hinges and there. Oil rubbed bronze that's right and nice and having and they're made by the house of antique hardware. In Portland Oregon. And you're going to pre drill right that's correct OK here you can. Yeah we're so close to finish its. Nice to meet the mess outside on the deck. Guitarists you -- in okay. Tight quarters in here. This close this one that we already got our friend is mounted on our beautiful door. Add to any tricks to. The -- part. While what I did here is I think committee plywood -- me you know -- the same for the -- the -- that allow -- to mortise and this on the camp because you can't use the other -- situation and an enhancement for the door right."

" This pair of doors is to -- things out so there perfectly plumb right that's correct. And it looks real good thank you so you've taken the trouble to make sure that the jamb and everything to receive the door. It is as has yet yet."

" Those that. --"

" Got it OK all right let's take a look at some of the other things were getting from the house of antique hardware. Bob dot com we've got a number of samples as the company organ that some of these things are made offshore. And they're fabulous replicas. Early twentieth century hardware. I mean all of it that we got here is an option oil rubbed bronze. We've got our holes for the drawers -- like that we've got the little knobs which we actually -- already and put up here on some of the cabinet doors. And one of the really curious things that they've done -- today taken some of the original antique hardware mortise lock for example and they've created forests. And they restored it so that we can put it back it. And have it work and they supplied copies of the original. Black porcelain knobs that we had here this a copy -- original and of course here's some the original escutcheon plates that go on the back of -- all of this is. You know stuff from the early while the late nineteen hundred's in the early twentieth century. And it is hard defiance it's nice to have sources like this and this only don't have time to put into David this is for the pocket doors to the bathroom. But anyway to see how but he's doing over here."

" That okay let's get you out of the closet there Tim and -- what they look like. We need stuff on the backside but that's really nice when you little bit of adjustment here it's -- lose their beautiful doors distaff thanks to him."

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