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duncs
Having read the original conversation that includes @Dammit and @Airhead falling out, I'd like to say that there is no reason whatsoever why dammit could not learn how to make the garage doors and I don't think airhead was saying that you couldn't learn to do so, I think he was saying that you are underestimating the skill level and tools you require.
Dammit, for what it's worth I regularly make such things and in order to do so I use the following:
Work bench
Planer thicknesser
Table saw
Hollow chisel mortiser
Hand router
Table router
Bench plane
Shoulder plane
Chisels
Hand drill
Drill press
You can see all of this in the photos below.
Which represents a total investment of around £17k thats not taking into consideration rent on my workshop space (the space I have that is shown in the photos is sometime a bit on the small side when working on large scale jobs).
I have in the past, when I don't have much on, made doors with hand tools only and by that I mean do everything including thicknessing the timber and cutting the mortices and tennons by hand. This requires me to use all of my experience and is HARD.
The thing you have to realise is that mortice and tenon joinery works on incredibly fine margins, if a plane has a set that is less than 0.25mm too big it can mean the difference between the joint being too tight and failing over time or too lose and never doing its job.
Also bear in mind that before starting you would need to find appropriate, joinery grade timber of the correct moisture content. This is hard to find and usually requires building up a good relationship with suppliers over a period of months or years.