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After you've made all the trim pieces plus some extra,
carefully split the parts in half complete the trim. Lower the blade as
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To miter the trim, you can use your chop saw, but the
trim is delicate and will probably get destroyed, so you can make a little
jig to help. It's just a couple of scrap pieces of pine glued together
to form an "L" shape. Clamp this piece to your saw fence and cut the 90
and 45 degree points. Just don't cut all the way thru. My saw doesn't have
a depth stop so I had to just be careful not to cut my jig in half! |
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While I mitered the pieces to fit, Patty glued and clamped
them into position. Use an epoxy glue here, because if some drips out,
it will blend in with the finish! |
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She ran out of clothes pins but "painters tape" works
just as well. |
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There are two pairs of barn doors, one for each side
of the barn. There made up of 1/2" square stock, with half lap joints.
The diagonal brace is just cut and glued into place. More 1/4" plywood
on the lower half finishes the doors. |
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Instead of counter sinking the hinges on both the door
and the door frame, i decided to just make the mortise twice as thick on
the door. Cutting into the door frame would probably destroy the trim. |
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To make the doors close snugly at the centers without
binding, remove a small amount of wood from the inside of the center edge
of the doors with a 5 degree back bevel. Just remove a little at a time
from each side until you like the gap between the doors. |
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To make the swinging gates and the corral sections, use
the same idea 1/2" stock and half lap joinery. But before you glue them
up, be sure to drill the holes for the spindles. To make all the holes
line up, lay out one piece with marks for the center of each spindle, they
should be an equal distance from each end. Now set your depth stop so the
bit doesn't go thru. Set the fence to cut the middle and the length stop
for the first hole on the end. Drill that hole, flip that piece and drill
the hole at the other end. Drill all the parts with that setup, then reset
the length stop to the 2nd hole from the end and drill that one, flip and
drill the other end again. Soon you'll be done and all the parts will be
the same. Sand your parts before assembly. |
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Yes there's alot of parts! |
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I made 2 gates and 9 corral sections, that's 22 pieces
with holes, 198 dowels, and lots of patience to finish them. I recommend
a spray poly to finish these things! |
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I didn't bother to mortise the hinges of the swinging
gate. But I did add the 5 degree back bevel to the strike side. I also
rounded the top with a 1/8" radius bit to soften the top rail. Screw and
epoxy the hinges in place. |
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Then add a short piece of stop to the inside of the wall
so the gate closes flush to the outside. |
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Lookin pretty sharp!
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Detail of the trim, and hinges |
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The corral sections simply have a pair of feet to hold
them up. |
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Here I'm making the ladder for the hayloft. Start with
two pieces of hardwood 3/16"x5/8"x15" and drill a 1/4" hole every 1" starting
1" from the end. |
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Next I rounded over all the long edges with a 1/8" round
over bit, and sand smooth. |
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Glue in 1/4" dowels cut to 2". After the glue dries bevel
the bottom to a 20 degree angle, and round over the top. I find it easier
to do this on my disk sander after assembly so the bottoms are even. |
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The back openings are covered with 1/4"x 3/4"x 11" slats.
Cut some extra 3/4" short pieces for spacers. To get the slats to line
up easily, first put in two of your spacers, then glue in a slat and clamp.
Then add two more spacers and glue in your next slat. It's easy! |
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The roof is made to fit the building loosely so it's
easily removed. The roof supports fit down inside the building. Also when
your making this, besure the roof is reversible, little kids won't be interested
in which way the roof is on. |
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If you want you can add a piece of trim to ridge but
it's not necessary. |
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I also added a 1/4" dowel to the underside to hide the
seam, again, it's not necessary but it makes it look nicer. |
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Here's a close-up of the roof installed. You can also
see the corner boards, and I even glued in a few raker boards along the
roof line. How far you go with the details are up to you. The name plate
we had made at a local office supply. |
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All we need are a few more horses. You can also find
scale buckets and farm tools at your local craft store. |
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