Pat,
Thanks for the encouragement! Actually, I have extension springs on mine,
but it's basically the same situation. If the weight changes a lot, I will
have to change the springs. They make them in a variety of weight
ranges. Since I already have a fairly heavy wood door, I'm hoping I won't
have that problem. The dado idea sounds like a good one. Like you said,
it shouldn't require much depth.
-Steve
At 10:11 PM 6/26/2005, Pat Horne wrote:
>Steven,
>
>Making the panels shouldn't be that much different than making panel
>doors, so go for it!
>
>The main thing to watch is the weight of the door. I assume you have a
>torsion spring and cables above the door. Adding much weight at all will
>cause the door spring to not work well with the door. I have a metal
>overhead door 12-wide and 10- high that worked just fine. I decided to add
>foam insulation to it, which amounted to about 8.5 sheets of 1/2" thick
>blue board, or less than 10 lbs. The door springs will not adjust to the
>extra weight! I will have to change out the cable drums to get it to work
>correctly.
>
>If you decide to go ahead with the job, there is a router bit set for drop
>leaf table tops that will allow for a joint similar to what you are
>looking for. I would probably just try cutting a dado into the center of
>the panel frame bottom, with matching rabbits on the top of the panels.
>It doesn't have to be much, 1/8" should be more than enough. I think my
>panels have about 1/16".
>
>Good luck.
>
>Peace,
>Pat
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