The wooden fire surround is original to the house. It has had additional bits added by previous owners. I moved it from the dining room to the front room. The cast iron inert from ebay.
I made the doors in traditional tenon and mortise style myself using an assortment of junkshop tools.
Makeshift rebate plane:
Grooving Plane:
Side bead plane:
The panel moulding was made with a 200 year old Griffiths of Norwich plane:
It took about 6 hours to make the moulding for those two doors. It's much easier to buy panel moulding ready made.
The wooden fire surround is original to the house. It has had additional bits added by previous owners. I moved it from the dining room to the front room. The cast iron inert from ebay.
I made the doors in traditional tenon and mortise style myself using an assortment of junkshop tools.
Makeshift rebate plane:
Grooving Plane:
Side bead plane:
The panel moulding was made with a 200 year old Griffiths of Norwich plane:
It took about 6 hours to make the moulding for those two doors. It's much easier to buy panel moulding ready made.