The cut offs to cover the screen, the bending the door to tension the screen, screwing the corner pieces for easy removal and paint. The list goes on for for smart and efficient ways that Tommy gets it done. So Awesome!!!
@tuan: That's the benefit of experience, a thousand dollar saw and then even more experience. Tommy is such an experienced beast he makes it all look like cake walk.
@@johnpossum556 As someone once told me. It's not the arrows. It's the Indian shooting the arrow. Put a thousand dollar saw in front of me and I will still create junk. The keyword in your statement is "experience". :) All in all, I enjoy watching these guys do their craft. The chemistry is really good with all of them as well. It's a joy to watch and learn from them all the time! Keep it up!
My pop had an entire woodshop and was good like Tom wasn't anything he couldn't build I'm building some simple screen doors for a garage and watching this is the closest I can get to what my pop would of showed me if he was still alive.Awesome craftsmanship
This Old House has a million dollars in tools. And I’m over here with a Japanese saw I got on sale at Woodcraft as my only saw trying to build a door 🤣
I do all this stuff, make anything and rarely watch the way others do it but wanted to find a few ideas for the doors I'm going to make for my place. I didn't even know you existed til today. Guess I don't get out much (1.67M subs...+1) I couldn't keep the grin off my face watching you and your "student" make this door. Calm cool and collected, and very nicely done. I've learned a few things as well and particularly like the mortise machine. Didn't even know one like that existed. Been a biscuit joiner dude for years but I gotta get me one of those. Such a good choice for a project like this! Kudos to you in all areas!
Back in the 70s I had to putty and paint about 30 storm windows and rescreen the accompanying screen frames for a house while the customer was away on vacation. Scrape everything down, prime, some new glass, putty, two coats of enamel, all new copper screening and screen molding all painted BEFORE the screens were stapled on (c'mon Tom - should have painted all that woodwoork before you installed the screens). Anyway I come back to the house a few months later and see the homeowner had a window replacement company show up and sell them new vinyl windows. I asked where the windows and screens went and they said they all went into a dumpster.
Laura seems like a nice person with the kind of outward personality that you just want to be around! And of course there's my man Tommy. Good stuff here!
7:11 (Pause it) anybody else notice how she painted the little dots on the railing dowels yellow, as well as the window sill in the background? DETAILS
Excellent workmanship, as always. My only criticism is that it is going to be difficult to rescreen this door. Removing the overlying wood strips without damaging them is likely to be challenging as they are nailed in place. I would have installed them with stainless steel screws.
@@watcherofwatchers they should seriously just do it with like walmart tools. if they could do it with them, i am sure everyone would feel like it was more accessible.
@@watcherofwatchers I will point out that the Domino in particular is not going to be a tool that the crowd that watches this is likely to have. It's insanely expensive. He should have shown a dowel jig or half lap mortises, etc. Something the Ave Joe could do with average tools.
I've been thinking about doing something like this on a modern house. I have French doors with a sliding screen door leading out into our back yard. the screen door is pretty bent up from dogs running into it so I was thinking of ways I can replace it and what I can replace it with. We could easily go with another slider but I am not sure that is the route we want to take.
I noticed staples are put at the edge of recess. This gives a small holding area for the screen after trimming. Better way is put staples in the half way middle of the recess.
S4S = surfaced all 4 sides. Just means it has gone across the planer/jointer on all sides to ensure flat/square and remove mill marks, not usually sanded.
Few years down the road here but no, it’s not pedantic and yeah, it does matter. Calling it ‘sanded’ implies that it’s ready for a finish, which isn’t the case. The smooth milled surface needs sanding to open the pores back up to better accept a finish.
As much as I love Tom and TOH, I don't know if the Festool Domino is within reach of most homeowners. Even those do who have tools wouldn't like have this.
That was my thought, too, but I know there are lots of ways to make similar tenon joints. Even if you opted for a series of wooden dowels, I expect that with the lap joint, you're really still have a strong join. After all, people have been making tenons for ages before Festool came around. Another suggestion is to see if your area has a woodworkers club or guild. The one in my area has a shop you can use on weekends, full of tools that a starting woodworker may not have yet collected.
You know how I know Tommy is the real deal? He always wears his ear protection. Now that’s a true craftsmen. Anything less is just a lazy fool. #protect those ears and fingers
Is there a vid that talks about soil erosion under a concrete sidewalk/walkway? The solid on one side is disappearing. Which is the side where we park our cars so there’s not much room to add soil.
Now show me how to make the screen door that doesn't require a $1,060 Festool Domino Joiner. 😂 It's a beautiful door. For the cheapos out there like me though, dowels may do a trick for the price of a drill bit you already have and some premade long dowels cut to size. You can also use a bench top router to make dowels, which stumpynubs has a great video on. Beyond that, you can get fancy with hand tools and finesse if you have time and want to do that.
@@jonoel6638 or, you can use substitute processes. The domino makes it faster and easier, not possible. People are way too hung up on the cost of Festool. They make great products, but they are not essential.
Was really hoping to see how you mortised the hinges into the door jamb...dang. However, enjoyed watching the door build; although that is not why I watched the video.
Would be interesting to see how to build one with a homeowner tools. Wasn’t that her initial goal? Great work, but not really helpful for the average homeowners wanting to make one themselves.
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The cut offs to cover the screen, the bending the door to tension the screen, screwing the corner pieces for easy removal and paint. The list goes on for for smart and efficient ways that Tommy gets it done. So Awesome!!!
To say Tommy is a master craftsman is an understatement. This man can build anything WOW. It also helps to have some of the best tools made!
I never get tired of Tommy work his magic. He's the best!
Some one should wrap Tommy in bubble wrap. The man's a national treasure.
I always call him the Bob Ross of carpentry.
Yes he’s a miracle worker he’s the only guy I know who can cakes a screen door that fits any size door I love his work.
I am always impressed by how easy Tommy makes it look. With the right tools and A LOT of knowledge, projects like this can be fun.
Doing any project with Tommy would be fun.
@@jej3451 That would be awesome. I ran into the same problem with my back door. It's 10 feet and the screen doors they sell at HD are only for 8ft.
@tuan: That's the benefit of experience, a thousand dollar saw and then even more experience. Tommy is such an experienced beast he makes it all look like cake walk.
@@johnpossum556 As someone once told me. It's not the arrows. It's the Indian shooting the arrow. Put a thousand dollar saw in front of me and I will still create junk. The keyword in your statement is "experience". :) All in all, I enjoy watching these guys do their craft. The chemistry is really good with all of them as well. It's a joy to watch and learn from them all the time! Keep it up!
More like a $1500 saw.
Man, this was a feel good video. I can't believe the level of expertise Tommy has. What a role model and inspiration!
Custom door was gonna be too expensive, so I had This Old House and Tom Silva come over..to save money 🤣.....
djstl100 lol yep, that’s pretty much it!
Yeah, seriously.
Do they ship Tom Silva overseas?
And he brought about $6000 worth of Festool and SawStop tools with him.
@@jeffmiller3850 Predictable comment. Also irrelevant.
Probably my favorite wood related episode ever.
My pop had an entire woodshop and was good like Tom wasn't anything he couldn't build I'm building some simple screen doors for a garage and watching this is the closest I can get to what my pop would of showed me if he was still alive.Awesome craftsmanship
Tommy is the King of Construction. Contractors today would be lucky to even come remotely close to how Tommy does this trade.
I give props to Laura! So sweet.
This Old House has a million dollars in tools. And I’m over here with a Japanese saw I got on sale at Woodcraft as my only saw trying to build a door 🤣
these videos are getting better and better! Doesn’t feel as scripted and boring like regular TV stuff. Keep up the good work!
I do all this stuff, make anything and rarely watch the way others do it but wanted to find a few ideas for the doors I'm going to make for my place. I didn't even know you existed til today. Guess I don't get out much (1.67M subs...+1) I couldn't keep the grin off my face watching you and your "student" make this door. Calm cool and collected, and very nicely done. I've learned a few things as well and particularly like the mortise machine. Didn't even know one like that existed. Been a biscuit joiner dude for years but I gotta get me one of those. Such a good choice for a project like this! Kudos to you in all areas!
nice to see this prof doing his job and explaining all the special tips , very interesting
these videos always make me happy watching , very fine explanation
awesome show..no wonder it's been on for 40 years
OUTSTANDING!!! Nothing else needs to be said!!
The list is a mile long of the things I've learned from Tom Silva. :D
Tommy is such a humble master.
Tommy makes it look so simple to do. They was a lot of little things that made it look so good.
Great job Tommy! The screen door is gorgeous!
Tommy, You are THE BEST! Keep up the good work. And, hope all is well with you and yours. Please be safe / stay safe!
I omitted one key word above: MAGNIFICENT!
That was pretty magnificent. So fitting to the home.
Wow that looks beautiful
Love how she gets more confident as they go along he's a really good teacher.
Beautiful looking door.
Did you guys get a new camera? video quality is great, props to the camera crew.
I noticed this too. Looks like they're using lens filters. It's beautiful.
very good tip he made the door a little bit bigger so if the frame of the house is not perfect than he can fit the door , perfect
Back in the 70s I had to putty and paint about 30 storm windows and rescreen the accompanying screen frames for a house while the customer was away on vacation. Scrape everything down, prime, some new glass, putty, two coats of enamel, all new copper screening and screen molding all painted BEFORE the screens were stapled on (c'mon Tom - should have painted all that woodwoork before you installed the screens). Anyway I come back to the house a few months later and see the homeowner had a window replacement company show up and sell them new vinyl windows. I asked where the windows and screens went and they said they all went into a dumpster.
OMG ! That’s heart breaking 😖
Ohhhhh. Such a bummer! FRUSTRATING!
Laura seems like a nice person with the kind of outward personality that you just want to be around! And of course there's my man Tommy. Good stuff here!
Nobody better than Tommy!
That was pretty cool, great work Tommy.
awesome job genius craftsmanship.
Tommy is a legend.
Really well done Tom!
I just love this channel!
9:29 GENIUS!
Awesome job
Always learn something from your videos! Thanks!
I like it when he told her that it was a big one right off the bat
That was really beautiful. A father teaching his daughter how to build a door for her house.
In 100 years, that screen door will sell for millions. Antique one of a kind screen door built by Tom Silva lol.
Really enjoyed watching this video and I learned lots. Thanks for doing this. 👍🏾👍🏾
It is amazing how vast majority of home owner have extensive talent and ability to build their own project by themselves or is it me who imagine it?
7:11 (Pause it) anybody else notice how she painted the little dots on the railing dowels yellow, as well as the window sill in the background? DETAILS
Excellent workmanship, as always. My only criticism is that it is going to be difficult to rescreen this door. Removing the overlying wood strips without damaging them is likely to be challenging as they are nailed in place. I would have installed them with stainless steel screws.
I'd use magnetic strips. Totally seamless and easy to remove.
Very nice. Wouldn't you want to finish/paint the door before adding the screen?
You should, but he didn't have the whole day to wait for the paint to dry.
Gotta love when your customer says they looked at having one made, but it was too expensive. So I uh, called you instead...
Love it!
What was used to attach the antique knobs without a mortise inside?
I give her effort. She got in there and did the work..And knows some new things...
So you have to remove the cutoffs when you need to replace the screen?
Makes me want to build one just because.
Thinking of making my own screen door too. Can I use a biscuits instead of that mortise and tendon? My door will be a standard 36" wide.
Sure you can. That M&T is just copying the more popular double dowel joint anyways.
Is there a how to video on building swinging screen doors for French doors?
Maybe Tommy could craft up some good quality pine boxes for us NY'ers by next week.
That was awesome! When can Tommy come to my house and help me? Got to warn you, I'm not as cute as this homeowner.
Tommy’s the man. Nice video
“Oh you’ve done some projects. Here use my $4000 worth of Festool stuff. I’ve done some projects too”
So, what dollar amount of tools is acceptable?
@@watcherofwatchers they should seriously just do it with like walmart tools. if they could do it with them, i am sure everyone would feel like it was more accessible.
My neighbor has that Domino joiner and it is super sweet.
@@watcherofwatchers I will point out that the Domino in particular is not going to be a tool that the crowd that watches this is likely to have. It's insanely expensive. He should have shown a dowel jig or half lap mortises, etc. Something the Ave Joe could do with average tools.
@@rickrudd No, he had a festool so why would he use something else
Tom Silva is just on a whole nutha level
I've been thinking about doing something like this on a modern house. I have French doors with a sliding screen door leading out into our back yard. the screen door is pretty bent up from dogs running into it so I was thinking of ways I can replace it and what I can replace it with. We could easily go with another slider but I am not sure that is the route we want to take.
Where is the jig used at 3:25?
I noticed staples are put at the edge of recess. This gives a small holding area for the screen after trimming. Better way is put staples in the half way middle of the recess.
Is this the same custom screen door you built on a very early episode of the late show with David letterman?
Love all the fancy new Festools (sponsored) that he uses, but man that staple gun he uses looks aged!
I wish he could make a door for me :(
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Awesome.
Seriously? You installed the screen before finish? That ought to be fun.
She’s getting charcoal paint to match the screen
You can tell she's very happy with the door! I wonder if the show charges these guys for anything?
I read somewhere that the homeowner does pay for materials. The hosts essentially just provide the knowledge.
Love it
S4S = surfaced all 4 sides.
Just means it has gone across the planer/jointer on all sides to ensure flat/square and remove mill marks, not usually sanded.
ok.
In Australia we call it DAR which means Dressed All Round.
Unnecessarily pedantic. It doesn't matter in this context.
Few years down the road here but no, it’s not pedantic and yeah, it does matter. Calling it ‘sanded’ implies that it’s ready for a finish, which isn’t the case. The smooth milled surface needs sanding to open the pores back up to better accept a finish.
How thick is the wood
Tommy is the man!!!!
Beautiful door!!!
I made one and it looks like Homer Simpson's spice rack.
D'OH !
I'd like to see that!
As much as I love Tom and TOH, I don't know if the Festool Domino is within reach of most homeowners. Even those do who have tools wouldn't like have this.
That was my thought, too, but I know there are lots of ways to make similar tenon joints. Even if you opted for a series of wooden dowels, I expect that with the lap joint, you're really still have a strong join. After all, people have been making tenons for ages before Festool came around. Another suggestion is to see if your area has a woodworkers club or guild. The one in my area has a shop you can use on weekends, full of tools that a starting woodworker may not have yet collected.
There are several other more affordable doweling joiners for those of us who might only use it a few times each year.
Then use another system of joinery
Should they have stained or painted the door before putting the screen in?
They'll end up taking off the trim pieces and masking the screen before painting.
Impressive Work
Me nailed it. My version looks like tin hut in a village
How would you finish that after the screen material and hardware are installed? Did I miss that?
pro tip central :)
Great job Tommy...
I think S4S is surfaced 4 sides (not sanded).
You know how I know Tommy is the real deal? He always wears his ear protection. Now that’s a true craftsmen. Anything less is just a lazy fool. #protect those ears and fingers
Safety Sally always has to have her say!
Watcher what’s that?
I find it weird that they built it outside and still used a vaccum. Nice work BTW I would expect nothing less from Tom!😎👍🏻
But no sheets to catch the dripping glue 😂
Is there a vid that talks about soil erosion under a concrete sidewalk/walkway? The solid on one side is disappearing. Which is the side where we park our cars so there’s not much room to add soil.
You can tell she wanted to use that hammer but Tommy was all like nah just hand me those dowels
Tommy is my favorite
I thought S4S was surfaced 4 sides, not sanded 4 sides. Am I wrong?
Nice build, but why use fiberglass instead of aluminum screen?
Better material
@@daveklein2826 in what possible way? It rips and tears so easily- I always use aluminum on my screen builds.
Now show me how to make the screen door that doesn't require a $1,060 Festool Domino Joiner. 😂 It's a beautiful door. For the cheapos out there like me though, dowels may do a trick for the price of a drill bit you already have and some premade long dowels cut to size. You can also use a bench top router to make dowels, which stumpynubs has a great video on. Beyond that, you can get fancy with hand tools and finesse if you have time and want to do that.
Bravo!
Tommy , your a beast 👍👍
If only festool was affordable
Abdul Rahman I’m sure it’s insured 🙄
Yep was thinking the same thing. “Custom door is too expensive, build it yourself to save money” all you need is $1,000 dollar domino machine
@@jonoel6638 or, you can use substitute processes. The domino makes it faster and easier, not possible.
People are way too hung up on the cost of Festool. They make great products, but they are not essential.
I strive to be as cool and suave as tom. Im only 30 years old.
sorry, but what happened to seal or prime?
Was really hoping to see how you mortised the hinges into the door jamb...dang. However, enjoyed watching the door build; although that is not why I watched the video.
Tom Silva has probably forgotten more things about home repair and renovations than most people will ever learn in their lifetime.
Would be interesting to see how to build one with a homeowner tools. Wasn’t that her initial goal? Great work, but not really helpful for the average homeowners wanting to make one themselves.
YOUR A MASTER