 | Yes..., it's just a screendoor,
but why can't it try to bring a smile to those who visit? |
 | To allow the wonderful scented air, where I live, to blow freely through our house, I made an all Fir wood screen door for our front entrance. The style was to be of an old-type screendoor but I encorporated a design that had been floating around in my head for years. ~~From a grade 2 or 3 school reader I remembered a story about the Wind and the Sun having a bet that they could cause a man, walking down a country path, to remove his coat. The Wind tried to blow it off and couldn't but the Sun used its heat to prompt him to remove it, and therefore, won the bet.~~ |
 | For the lower section I put in dolphins swimming in a circle and a kitty-door for Maya. The joints are all lapped and I used epoxy because
What good is a screen door if you can't SLAM it?
Variable tension hinges give me just the right amount of "slam". The doorknob turns slightly to unhitch the door. (The inside mechanism is in the next photo.) |
 | A wedge of Purpleheart and Maple, with an Oak brace, pivoting on an stainless-steel pin, is the simple trapping device. (It makes a fine clippety-clop sound.) |
 | I also added a freeform Purpleheart handle higher up,
...for no reason at all.
The door is finished with 4 coats of wipe-on gloss poly to resist the elements. |
 | The kitty-door's cut-out is from a photo of our cat. (Ya, I'm ...sure... she appreciates the added effort.) It is held on with two plastic pins for hinges and is heavy enough to return to the shut position everytime. I wanted it to squeek but that is beyond my meager skills. |
