I’m watching this to check the measurements of the wood frame of our doors. I wanted to place a newer door stop onto our closet door and I wanted to make sure to screw the stop into wood and not air. Thanks!
One of my grandfathers did this in the 70's and 80's. He'd use the skins from hollow core doors to resurface furniture, especially tabletops that had damaged and peeling veneer. He built a huge library bookshelf and storage unit on two walls of a large bedroom using these doors as uprights/dividers and the shelves. He'd saw them to narrower widths then use the edge board removed from the offcut inserted and glued into the cut side.
I made a custom storage unit with some inexpensive very plain drawer units (similar to IKEA Hemnes or Tarva) and uprights made of 1/2 hollow core birch doors with a thin wood banding to hide the edge.
If I had seen hollow core doors before viewing this I would have ignored them, but if I see one in future I will grab them. Thanks for the information. Doors of many kinds are a superb woodworker's resource. I have not seen hollow core doors dumped locally (I live in Notting Hill, London) but I have seen particle board doors laminated with good quality wood, and the edges are a source of really good hardwood lengths. My workbench is one such door used as it came, screwed to a frame made from structural 2x4 timbers that someone dumped in the street. I have also seen people dump real solid oak panelled doors on the street, so I took those home and divided them up into a set of lovely oak beams that are awaiting future use.
I used to sell reclaimed wood art at car shows. 20 yrs ago I used 6 hollow doors as tables with boxes on the ends to make them into 3 levels. I stained the hollow doors with cool Art Deco designs. Still have them I think I’ll make them into that cool privacy partition I see behind you. The little woman always gets mad when I drag cool stuff home. But instead of using the level , take some of that two inch wood you reclaimed . Cut it to the same size as your level. Round out the ends . Install bicycle grips on the ends . Sharpen one edge with your sander. Making a wooden blade. Cut thru that pesky cardboard faster. I’m gonna make one myself and start looking for more doors. Your a genius and thanks for sharing.
I plan on making the same tool you described but from a piece of steel tube. Using the level (it's fine btw) was a conscious decision that lead to more comments, which lead to thousands of more clicks on my video, which lead to it being recommended to more people, etc., which is probably how you found me!
Good video. I'd always looked at hollow core doors with disdain, as I am on the lookout for the elusive solid core door. But this has given me food for thought.
I been watching videos on making Rv's out of vans and buses, I think this would be good for covering walls, especially if you use spray foam behind them.
I had No idea other people did this! Try using a sharpened sod cutter to do this once you cut off the peripheral boards. The angle of sod cutter blade works best with a 45 degree+/-📐. I try repurposing just about anything to make stuff out of, so I dig your video and endeavors. Well done.
Hollow cores are the new pallets. Love it! Just discovered your channel... you’re now a part of my viewing rotation. What sold me was the Social Distortion tunes blaring in the background... Thanks for the inspiration!
The last stash of hollow core doors I found, I used 2 as ... doors ... for the cafe my construction class built earlier this year. One end of the cafe has a pallet wood wall and a “new pallet” door. Great and inspiring video Tim. As if I need something else on my list of stuff to hoard.
About 6 years ago I built a tiny house using mostly reclaimed materials. I got several hollow core doors and used them to build the lower kitchen cabinets, sleeping loft, entry-way loft, and sofa and dining area benches. They worked great!
I bought an old school bus full of doors and building materials...using the materials to convert bus to a tiny home/skoolie and this idea just saved me hundreds of dollars! I think I'll cut my door skins into long strips about 4 inches wide, bevel the edges, 4 coats of poly and suddenly I have a beautiful birch strip floor for next to no cash outlay! I've also used a couple doors as they are as walls in the bus, which works out very well...
I have made selving out of them in my shed, great way to recycle. I'm working on another project I call my Secret Room using tree bifold doors permit, I made two shelving units with selfs made from scrap. I then made a double door frame using two recycled louver doors to conceal some plumbing in my basement. The doors allow me to access the area but hide the plumbing. They are super strong and I love the fact that I did it myself.
Waste wood is a resource! I stripped out a house recently that had these doors. I reused them as construction carcasses for kitchen cabinets, with pre bought doors. Worked really well.
Thanks Timwill be replacing some HC doors soon. Was planning on burning all of them but will now take apart to make something useful. 1/8" plywood always comes in handy!
@@timsway Also, instead of slamming down horizontally, go at an angle to decrease the surface area of impact and, thereby, the necessary force. Guillotines were beveled for a reason. ;)
I’ve got two hollow core doors in my garage when I replaced them... I might try this out! And I love your reuse repurpose theme! My channel is going to be like that. Salvaged lumber from old houses is my first material. But now I’ve got hollow core “lumber”!
Recently bought ash veneered hollow core doors at $1 each. Will definitely be doing this to reuse the ash veneers and other wood pieces. Fingers crossed they have cardboard centers. Thanks for the great tip!!
I’ve found old drawers from a dresser or chest are a great source of wood. Many people pass an old chest of drawers by if it is beyond repair. I pull the drawers out and have some great free wood.
Cool project! I once had to put up a hollow-core door in a crummy apartment which wasn't anywhere near a standard size. I had to cut the bottom off and splice the bottom cap back into place. Guess I got lucky because it was easy to pull apart and glue back together.
I currently making a small boat from plywood and pallets. I think it would be possible to make it all from hollow core doors. I have been keeping a eye out for door but I'm finding that most of the doors haven been painted several times so the sheet of wood is that great to use.
I know my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore has a ton of these. I've been prowling their collection looking for acceptable solid doors for materials for guitar bodies. Thanks for sharing!
I reclaimed a couple of hollow core doors a few years back. After removing the solid wood frame, I found that the best way to remove the cardboard (and the best workout) was sticking the slim side of a long crow crowbar in there and just swinging it back and forth. Maybe that'll be a good way to remove the wood spacers? It's kinda similar to your... creative use of your level, but I think the smaller point of contact might make a difference.
Dude you are Great. I actually used that doors to make work stations in our old hackerspace around 4-5 years ago. I remember asking people(from our hackerspace) to help me carry them from a dumpster I found those and people looking at me like ''WTF dude?" All kind of doors are great for tables(from work spaces to high class restaurants) and with some solid wood doors you can easily even make beds.
Man I wish Australian doors had 2 inches on the top and bottom. Over here they only have 25mm (1 inch). That extra material gives you so much more play when cutting doors down to install.
The other thing about the doors here in Australia is the popularity of painting the doors with God knows what kind of paint! ....... and the use of Masonite instead of ply in some doors.
With my luck, the level would break. I own a very old mobile home. The doors are so bad I want to remove them. Now I know how dismantle them to use the wood for other projects. Thanks so much#
I have upcyclying them for years by adding folding legs and they become tables or shop counter tops, etc. I agree with you before throwing something away think about another use.
Cut a couple of long and tapered sticks (wedges) to slide sideways into the door cavity. One from each side. When you tap them in tighter they'll push the mahogany apart with almost equal pressure all along the joint.
I was just at the ReStore yesterday and I always oggle the wall of doors. I'm really getting into the painted barn quilts or pieced from wood quilt block pattern. Those doors would be an amazing source of material for pieces stuffed. hmmmmm
Fame and fortune and the chicks is why I got into reclaiming too. So far it’s going to plan, apart from the fame bit. And the fortune bit. And my wife will kill me if the chicks bit happens. 😆
@@SALUTE-INT-S you neef a SO with some of the same interests. My ex would get mad cuz I spent more time in DIY stores than in dressing "sexy". 200 dollar shoes or C clamps? C clamps it is!
I seen the op ivy screensaver you have on your computer, great record. I knew guitarist Tim Armstrong as Lint in 86. They shared space with my buddy in Crimpshrine in a west Oakland practice no bigger than a pantry. True originals those cats. What your doing with reclamation material is inspiring. I had a feeling a stand up was doable. I've gone over your vids almost 5 times now. If u could reply with the depths of the bouts in metric I'd be appreciated. I'm rotozipping my back today and need to template the sides still. Mocking up as much as possible at home before I go to the shop. I'm trying for building a 5/8 size Juzek influenced hybrid. Whew , lotta work
@@jasonjodice165 I wish Crimpshrine made more music (or at least more music I could get my hands on!). I was hip to them via a LOOKOUT! compilation cassette I had and really liked their sound. The depths are different on each door as they are typically "fit" to their threshold and that's why the wood is there. The bottoms are usually around 50-60mm thick and the sides are usually around 25-30 mm but have additional blocks of wood added for doorknobs and such, sometimes on both sides. Unfortunately you have to cut open the door to see what your dealing with and do a little guessing.
I was just racking my brain on the depths I can't find the info on any link. I got most my info if quantum bass and blast but no depth. I took the lower form idea u shot out of in sections cuz my 3 quarter is all scrap. So I built lower form today plus mid were she reversed into the bridge, upper bout tomorrow. Am I wrong. To be thinking scroll and nut distance to neck heel is equals in length: 1 foot scroll 1 foot nut to top bout shoulder? Relative. Your the salt bro. Much respect. Look up the 7 inch called sleep? What's that? By Crimpshrine '3 songs I don't remember if it's lookout records or not but it's the only 7 inch that I know that they put out. I don't know if still collect vinyl but there you go those guys are lovely. Cerebral ready raw distorted enlightened truthful music. I'm sure you're busy so I'll let you go thanks bud
I guess I read your reply back you misunderstood me i need the depth of the bouts on the bass so from F hole or bridge to the back of the bass .what's the depth of bass body n cuz I need to put my forms together to make bass sides 8 inches Hey ? Sorry to be such a pain in the ass
I was all excited and discovered, Masonite! Now I need to get rid of 8 doors. Maybe I can use the boarders. I got a full time job and a toddler and am time poor. Now I need to dispose of them. Some doors are Masonite painted and some are timber veneer on Masonite.
I found a honey hole, they want $10/per. But I got them for free because I took so many. Selling them isn't too lucrative, no buyers. Definitely the new pallet! #subscribed
If you live in a climate that allows it, save those doors with the wood slats inside, to tare apart during the winter months. The cold should allow the glue to 'break' its bond easier. Conversely, during the hot summer days, store those pesky doors in a car with all the windows up (or something similar) to allow the glue to heat up. Disassembly of a hot door would probably need to be slow tho. I figure the 'cold' method would be the best.
@Tim it would be super easy to do. Using a drill to expand is about the simplest mechanism, just drill straight through a piece of wood longways, then cut that at a 45 degree angle. Insert threaded rod and nut and it will expand when tightened.
Great video and so informative. I'm looking to make a hollow core door as a countertop for a 1972 trailer that we purchased in the mountains. I like to do reno that is cheap, but stylish. Any good ideas? I would paint and put a protective finish on it. I use cutting boards and hot pads, so I would not abuse it.
2 things, first do you think the glue from the cardboard and scraps will cause a chimney fire from chemicals building up in flu? Second you could make a jig that lays the doors flat between 2 sheets of 3/4" ply and use a trailer winch with the steel cable you wrap around the door to split the halves in 2 and to rip through the center wood or cardboard core ?
Love the cable idea. The finish on the ply is a concern for breathing and the glue could be a concern for gumming up the pipes, but I don't believe there's enough to cause a problem unless you start burning hundreds of doors and don't maintain your equipment.
great idea (as always). To split the doors with solid wood inside, set door on edge and split the solid wood down the middle like splitting a log with a splitter and then knock off the broken pieces. I'll bet those slats split easy length wise. Great repurpose idea.
Great reclaim. I'll definitely be looking into this more. Two suggestions/questions, if you heated the door up somehow. Would the glue release better? Maybe lay it out in the sun for an hour or so. or use a heat gun for the stubborn spots. (2) Instead of an old level. Try using a piece of steel or a piece of pipe to drive out the center supports. The extra weight might give you an advantage.
Glad I scrolled down! I was thinking "heat gun" as well. It is July, though, and hour in the sun would probably do it. ( especially if one draped them with a black tarp)
So good to see recycling becoming more and more common! Maybe it'd be worth it to make a special tool to remove the cores? Something with sharp edges, maybe, if the spacing is consistent? That treatment can't be good for the level.... :P
1/8" plywood makes great drawer bottoms for small drawers. A while back I took one apart and had a bloody bear of a job sanding the cardboard glue hump off the inner ply, I decided it wasn't worth it, must have been a different glue than on yours. I made some scale model " stitch and glue" boats for a design I was working on. Would make excellent RC boats.
@@miniphase It is quite stiff material but may be a bit heavy, for your reference I took a piece of scrap from my shop 9.5" x 18" (171 sq in) varnished on one side and it weighed 178 grams, or just over 1 gram per sq. in. You used to be able to buy it in 3' x 7' sheets called door skin for repairing doors. I did find a local supplier that sells it in 4 x 8 sheets. Over 30 years ago I made a 7' outrigger for my canoe out of it, glassed and epoxied both sides and I still use it today (thou I have made several repairs to it over the years) it saved our butts from a gator attack in the Everglades 20 years ago. Good Luck.
Depending on who made them, some really old ones have Corrugated Fasteners holding the frame together. Hit one of those and it's goodbye saw blade. Home Depot used to sell "door skins" for about $5 each. Not as good for the environment, but a lot less work.
Those fasteners are in a lot of them and they are small and soft enough to not instantly kill your table saw blade. As a reclaimed I hit things like that all the time, but I also have saw blades I put aside to NOT use on stuff like this :)
I had to upvote you when I heard "with a new friend in the Rolodex." I bet there is an entire generation of people where that sentence flew over their heads without understanding the meaning.
Had to come rewatch this cuz I finally grabbed a hollow core door that a neighbor had sat out. Once I get it all apart, I'm hoping to make a pickguard with it! But now I wanna put on some Social D while I work lol
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and putting in the effort to film it Tim. I was thinking if you left the timber that runs along the bottom of the door in place until after you ran the level through the doors. It may support the door a little better and allow you to smash your way through easier. Great video and i love the quote" They are not scrap they are just different". Good stuff!
I've never run out of hollow core doors for reclamation. The best way to ensure an unlimited supply is to utilize the reclaimed skins to make more hollow core doors.
1) Leave the cardboard honeycomb on the one side of the door panel. 2) fill each honeycomb with colored concrete. 3) let dry 4) use as walkway pavers/ floor tiles
Lots of material to make stuff - it just won't be very level lol! I've 're-used' these [cardboard filled] doors myself. Soon realised, you HAVE to cut those edges off first, or the whole things a right-off. A bit like pallets really, there's a right & a wrong way to do it. My continuing nightmare [being restricted to public transport/buses] is the number of skips I ride past that, proportional to the distance from home are filled with more and more stuff that should never be sent to landfill!
I hope that's your beater level lol. The hollow core doors with wood blocking inside make easy floating shelves - you can use the top/bottom hardwood for brackets and edging. Just add screws and paint and you're good to go.
Used several hollow core doors in the past and about to use another as a new workbench top. Fitted with a thin galvanised sheet they make great, solid (!!) tops for doing metalwork. Not quite as robust as solid wood planking, but a couple of sheets of thin ply recovered off one other door and the two sheets cleaned up and glued on top of the first door and each other on the same side makes for a MUCH THICKER top surface A further two sheets makes a top you could drop an anvil on without damaging the top!
This is a really underrated way to get a workbench top! Thanks for the video, too! I am building my shop soon, and will have space to store some of these doors until I can reclaim them.
Tool abuse is a big problem in today's world, innocent tools are being forced to do jobs they are not built for, some have to travel many miles just to collect a few drops of oil, please for just £2 per month donated to Tim sway you can help stop the great tool depression. Great video.
I’m watching this to check the measurements of the wood frame of our doors. I wanted to place a newer door stop onto our closet door and I wanted to make sure to screw the stop into wood and not air. Thanks!
I love people like you.
One of my grandfathers did this in the 70's and 80's. He'd use the skins from hollow core doors to resurface furniture, especially tabletops that had damaged and peeling veneer. He built a huge library bookshelf and storage unit on two walls of a large bedroom using these doors as uprights/dividers and the shelves. He'd saw them to narrower widths then use the edge board removed from the offcut inserted and glued into the cut side.
I made a custom storage unit with some inexpensive very plain drawer units (similar to IKEA Hemnes or Tarva) and uprights made of 1/2 hollow core birch doors with a thin wood banding to hide the edge.
I have a dining table with peeling veneer. Thanks!
Got on your channel by random...but I simply love your mind set, I reclaim everything I can, and find uses for it around the house...
If I had seen hollow core doors before viewing this I would have ignored them, but if I see one in future I will grab them. Thanks for the information.
Doors of many kinds are a superb woodworker's resource. I have not seen hollow core doors dumped locally (I live in Notting Hill, London) but I have seen particle board doors laminated with good quality wood, and the edges are a source of really good hardwood lengths. My workbench is one such door used as it came, screwed to a frame made from structural 2x4 timbers that someone dumped in the street. I have also seen people dump real solid oak panelled doors on the street, so I took those home and divided them up into a set of lovely oak beams that are awaiting future use.
Love it! Thanks for re purposing! Love our Mother!!!
I used to sell reclaimed wood art at car shows. 20 yrs ago I used 6 hollow doors as tables with boxes on the ends to make them into 3 levels. I stained the hollow doors with cool Art Deco designs. Still have them I think I’ll make them into that cool privacy partition I see behind you. The little woman always gets mad when I drag cool stuff home. But instead of using the level , take some of that two inch wood you reclaimed .
Cut it to the same size as your level.
Round out the ends .
Install bicycle grips on the ends .
Sharpen one edge with your sander. Making a wooden blade.
Cut thru that pesky cardboard faster.
I’m gonna make one myself and start looking for more doors. Your a genius and thanks for sharing.
I plan on making the same tool you described but from a piece of steel tube. Using the level (it's fine btw) was a conscious decision that lead to more comments, which lead to thousands of more clicks on my video, which lead to it being recommended to more people, etc., which is probably how you found me!
tim sway I see. All of your moves are precalculted. Your can be an evil genius but instead you choose to use your powers for recycling
I do reclaimed woodworking in Canada, Alberta. I've got 5 or 6 hollow doors I'll be trying this with. Good tip Tim, thanks.
Superb! More of this type of thing please folks! Look forward to seeing what else the timbers are used for!
I have a TON of videos making instruments and other things with these doors.
@@timsway Brilliant! I'll be trawling through these over time! Glad I found you! :)
Good video. I'd always looked at hollow core doors with disdain, as I am on the lookout for the elusive solid core door. But this has given me food for thought.
I made a guitar out of a solid core door once, too: ua-cam.com/video/GC5iJLQoq00/v-deo.html
I been watching videos on making Rv's out of vans and buses, I think this would be good for covering walls, especially if you use spray foam behind them.
hell yea!
Good idea!
With the price of lumber being where it's at today this is even more useful, thanks.
GREAT idea. I'm going to start looking for hollow-core doors!
Wow, what a great idea. I love repurposing stuff. Great video. Thanks!
I had No idea other people did this! Try using a sharpened sod cutter to do this once you cut off the peripheral boards. The angle of sod cutter blade works best with a 45 degree+/-📐. I try repurposing just about anything to make stuff out of, so I dig your video and endeavors. Well done.
THIS COMES DOWN TO VISION ,CREATIVITY ,APPLICATION WHICH PEOPLE NEED TO GET BACK TO ,AND NOT THE THROW AWAY MINDSET. THANKS TIM .
Hollow cores are the new pallets. Love it! Just discovered your channel... you’re now a part of my viewing rotation.
What sold me was the Social Distortion tunes blaring in the background...
Thanks for the inspiration!
Welcome!!
Brilliant! Thank you for taking care of the end-of-life part of this product. Well done!
The last stash of hollow core doors I found, I used 2 as ... doors ... for the cafe my construction class built earlier this year. One end of the cafe has a pallet wood wall and a “new pallet” door.
Great and inspiring video Tim. As if I need something else on my list of stuff to hoard.
Doors as doors? How strange
Enjoyed the good and thorough information 🤓 and the humor 👍🏼
About 6 years ago I built a tiny house using mostly reclaimed materials. I got several hollow core doors and used them to build the lower kitchen cabinets, sleeping loft, entry-way loft, and sofa and dining area benches. They worked great!
Awesome!!
I bought an old school bus full of doors and building materials...using the materials to convert bus to a tiny home/skoolie and this idea just saved me hundreds of dollars! I think I'll cut my door skins into long strips about 4 inches wide, bevel the edges, 4 coats of poly and suddenly I have a beautiful birch strip floor for next to no cash outlay! I've also used a couple doors as they are as walls in the bus, which works out very well...
I have made selving out of them in my shed, great way to recycle. I'm working on another project I call my Secret Room using tree bifold doors permit, I made two shelving units with selfs made from scrap. I then made a double door frame using two recycled louver doors to conceal some plumbing in my basement. The doors allow me to access the area but hide the plumbing. They are super strong and I love the fact that I did it myself.
awesome!
I literally can't wait to start using hollow core doors! Love this idea of reusing materials ❤️❤️
It's amazing to see how cheaply those are made. You make them look very good and I appreciate your efforts to keep things out of the landfills.
Loved the lil specials clip u got in there- olddddd fan ❤️💯
Waste wood is a resource! I stripped out a house recently that had these doors. I reused them as construction carcasses for kitchen cabinets, with pre bought doors. Worked really well.
omg!! you are an artist! that screen is so beautiful!!! beauty out of plain is so creative.
Thank you
Thanks Timwill be replacing some HC doors soon. Was planning on burning all of them but will now take apart to make something useful. 1/8" plywood always comes in handy!
don't burn them. the finish is brutal!
How about a 4ft piece of aluminum C channel, sharpen the two long edges to improve upon the level jamming method of separating the doors?
yes!! I was thinking about making a tool instead of destroying my level. I like the idea.
@@timsway maybe attached to something with some weight...like a piece of 2x4..that might even push through those wood slats..
tim sway Try using a wire cable or a cable saw or maybe samurai sword It could go really good but also really bad 👍🏻 good luck
@@timsway Also, instead of slamming down horizontally, go at an angle to decrease the surface area of impact and, thereby, the necessary force. Guillotines were beveled for a reason. ;)
I’ve got two hollow core doors in my garage when I replaced them... I might try this out!
And I love your reuse repurpose theme!
My channel is going to be like that. Salvaged lumber from old houses is my first material.
But now I’ve got hollow core “lumber”!
Clever man! Thanks for giving away this fresh idea. PS, your hex-patterned room divider is so chic!
thanks! there's a video about it a few weeks back on my channel. It was inspired by the materials I made it from.
Recently bought ash veneered hollow core doors at $1 each. Will definitely be doing this to reuse the ash veneers and other wood pieces. Fingers crossed they have cardboard centers. Thanks for the great tip!!
Awesome idea man and sweet taste in music.
Always good to see a useful video with Social D in the background.
I’ve found old drawers from a dresser or chest are a great source of wood. Many people pass an old chest of drawers by if it is beyond repair. I pull the drawers out and have some great free wood.
Yes!!
Love the use of the doors I will never throw out a hollow core door again . Thanks
This is so much better than pallets for smaller project that don't require structural elements. It's like a mini wood shop
Door to door creativity. Inspiring
Cool project! I once had to put up a hollow-core door in a crummy apartment which wasn't anywhere near a standard size. I had to cut the bottom off and splice the bottom cap back into place. Guess I got lucky because it was easy to pull apart and glue back together.
haha! great.
Was just gonna ask best place tip find them 🤣 thanks man! I now have a post asking for them
Don’t ever ask Tim to check if something is level!
Haha Just kidding, I think what you are doing is great.
I have a better level for leveling, that my beater :)
I admit i was cringing a little when you were using your level like that....
@@timhyatt9185 Me too, but I figured it was just a throw away if he's willing to do that with it. :P
I currently making a small boat from plywood and pallets. I think it would be possible to make it all from hollow core doors. I have been keeping a eye out for door but I'm finding that most of the doors haven been painted several times so the sheet of wood is that great to use.
I know my local Habitat for Humanity ReStore has a ton of these. I've been prowling their collection looking for acceptable solid doors for materials for guitar bodies. Thanks for sharing!
the hollow ones are easy to get for free, too. just put up messages in your local facebook groups or freecylce.org
Love it Tim. That’s a great way to salvage. Those veneers would be great for curved laminations or refacing kitchen cabinets.
The Hartford Yard Goats! I love double A baseball. I work for the Akron RubberDucks, so it's cool to see the Eastern League represented!
minor league baseball is the best way to watch a game, for sure.
I reclaimed a couple of hollow core doors a few years back. After removing the solid wood frame, I found that the best way to remove the cardboard (and the best workout) was sticking the slim side of a long crow crowbar in there and just swinging it back and forth. Maybe that'll be a good way to remove the wood spacers? It's kinda similar to your... creative use of your level, but I think the smaller point of contact might make a difference.
Tim great video I just had a really great idea for for to try for your next project try to find some old wood floor boards
I love working with hollow core doors!
Thanks for some great ideas!
Really good stuff - now I will never ignore another hollow door - thanks!!!
excellent. My plan is working :)
Dude you are Great.
I actually used that doors to make work stations in our old hackerspace around 4-5 years ago. I remember asking people(from our hackerspace) to help me carry them from a dumpster I found those and people looking at me like ''WTF dude?"
All kind of doors are great for tables(from work spaces to high class restaurants) and with some solid wood doors you can easily even make beds.
We built a stage in a bar from all solid core doors :)
Man I wish Australian doors had 2 inches on the top and bottom.
Over here they only have 25mm (1 inch). That extra material gives you so much more play when cutting doors down to install.
oath
The other thing about the doors here in Australia is the popularity of painting the doors with God knows what kind of paint!
....... and the use of Masonite instead of ply in some doors.
@@rodneymcintosh1484 yes as an Aussie I found the fools gold that is the Masonite door, now I need to dispose of 8of them!
With my luck, the level would break.
I own a very old mobile home. The doors are so bad I want to remove them. Now I know how dismantle them to use the wood for other projects. Thanks so much#
I was feeling the pain of that Spirit "I'm a precision tool!" Level
I love the tiny (by american standards) truck. really goes with the whole no waste thing
I do construction. Seen hundreds of doors like that in the dumpster. Sad. Nice to see people taking advantage of it. Use. Reduce and recycle 👍
I have upcyclying them for years by adding folding legs and they become tables or shop counter tops, etc. I agree with you before throwing something away think about another use.
Dude I love your channel. I love re purposing items all the time. Thinking my next bass ( at least the body ) will be made from re purposed wood.
Cut a couple of long and tapered sticks (wedges) to slide sideways into the door cavity. One from each side. When you tap them in tighter they'll push the mahogany apart with almost equal pressure all along the joint.
This is so cool. With all that material you could probably make a bunch of hollow core doors.
One thought was to laminate and make solid doors from them :)
@@timsway My smart ass comments aside, it's very cool that you are saving stuff from heading to the landfill. Kudos.
I was just at the ReStore yesterday and I always oggle the wall of doors. I'm really getting into the painted barn quilts or pieced from wood quilt block pattern. Those doors would be an amazing source of material for pieces stuffed. hmmmmm
I reclaimed a hollow core door for the 1/8" plywood to repair my pop-up camper exterior walls.
Great one Sway, nice video. Now im gonna start stockpilling doors in addition to pallets.
you're welcome. I mean sorry?
Fame and fortune and the chicks is why I got into reclaiming too. So far it’s going to plan, apart from the fame bit. And the fortune bit. And my wife will kill me if the chicks bit happens. 😆
sounds about right...
@@SALUTE-INT-S you neef a SO with some of the same interests. My ex would get mad cuz I spent more time in DIY stores than in dressing "sexy". 200 dollar shoes or C clamps? C clamps it is!
I love repurposing projects, so I LOVE this!!
Cheers. My whole channel is about repurposing and upcycling.
about five years ago i wrapped one in some extra black vinyl i had and made a desk top out of it and a few end tables from the 80s
they make excellent cheap and easy desks and worksurfaces for sure. I like that you went the extra step with the vinyl.
i just grabbed up 3 hollows with a real curly maple veneer. cheers tim. wish me luck on my diy slapper
awesome!
I seen the op ivy screensaver you have on your computer, great record. I knew guitarist Tim Armstrong as Lint in 86. They shared space with my buddy in Crimpshrine in a west Oakland practice no bigger than a pantry. True originals those cats. What your doing with reclamation material is inspiring. I had a feeling a stand up was doable. I've gone over your vids almost 5 times now. If u could reply with the depths of the bouts in metric I'd be appreciated. I'm rotozipping my back today and need to template the sides still. Mocking up as much as possible at home before I go to the shop. I'm trying for building a 5/8 size Juzek influenced hybrid. Whew , lotta work
@@jasonjodice165 I wish Crimpshrine made more music (or at least more music I could get my hands on!). I was hip to them via a LOOKOUT! compilation cassette I had and really liked their sound. The depths are different on each door as they are typically "fit" to their threshold and that's why the wood is there. The bottoms are usually around 50-60mm thick and the sides are usually around 25-30 mm but have additional blocks of wood added for doorknobs and such, sometimes on both sides. Unfortunately you have to cut open the door to see what your dealing with and do a little guessing.
I was just racking my brain on the depths
I can't find the info on any link. I got most my info if quantum bass and blast but no depth. I took the lower form idea u shot out of in sections cuz my 3 quarter is all scrap. So I built lower form today plus mid were she reversed into the bridge, upper bout tomorrow. Am I wrong. To be thinking scroll and nut distance to neck heel is equals in length: 1 foot scroll 1 foot nut to top bout shoulder? Relative. Your the salt bro. Much respect. Look up the 7 inch called sleep? What's that? By Crimpshrine '3 songs I don't remember if it's lookout records or not but it's the only 7 inch that I know that they put out. I don't know if still collect vinyl but there you go those guys are lovely. Cerebral ready raw distorted enlightened truthful music. I'm sure you're busy so I'll let you go thanks bud
I guess I read your reply back you misunderstood me i need the depth of the bouts on the bass so from F hole or bridge to the back of the bass .what's the depth of bass body n cuz I need to put my forms together to make bass sides
8 inches
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? Sorry to be such a pain in the ass
You could try leaving the door in the sun on a really hot day and that might soften the glue enough to tear them apart easier.
Now THAT is an idea I can get behind! Heat guns are too slow and tedious
I was all excited and discovered, Masonite! Now I need to get rid of 8 doors. Maybe I can use the boarders. I got a full time job and a toddler and am time poor. Now I need to dispose of them. Some doors are Masonite painted and some are timber veneer on Masonite.
I found a honey hole, they want $10/per. But I got them for free because I took so many. Selling them isn't too lucrative, no buyers. Definitely the new pallet! #subscribed
There are plenty of free ones out there.
If you live in a climate that allows it, save those doors with the wood slats inside, to tare apart during the winter months. The cold should allow the glue to 'break' its bond easier.
Conversely, during the hot summer days, store those pesky doors in a car with all the windows up (or something similar) to allow the glue to heat up. Disassembly of a hot door would probably need to be slow tho. I figure the 'cold' method would be the best.
indeed! heat guns are too slow, but left on the driveway in July for a few hours...
Well done! Great resource.
So inspiring! Thanks for making this video. I can imagine Izzy creating some drill powered contraption to blow apart these doors. : ) Namaste!
I would like to see that.
@Tim it would be super easy to do. Using a drill to expand is about the simplest mechanism, just drill straight through a piece of wood longways, then cut that at a 45 degree angle. Insert threaded rod and nut and it will expand when tightened.
Loved the video. Quite helpful.
Thank you and greetings from Portugal.
Nice work! Thank you for sharing your great ideas and recycle!
Saw this video and decided to give it a go using the boards to sit on top of my pallet shed floor it's amazing just how much coverage you get
great idea!
Great video and so informative. I'm looking to make a hollow core door as a countertop for a 1972 trailer that we purchased in the mountains. I like to do reno that is cheap, but stylish. Any good ideas? I would paint and put a protective finish on it. I use cutting boards and hot pads, so I would not abuse it.
I think you could leave the door as-is and it would be light and fairly strong. cut it to fit and reinforce the edges.
2 things, first do you think the glue from the cardboard and scraps will cause a chimney fire from chemicals building up in flu? Second you could make a jig that lays the doors flat between 2 sheets of 3/4" ply and use a trailer winch with the steel cable you wrap around the door to split the halves in 2 and to rip through the center wood or cardboard core ?
Love the cable idea. The finish on the ply is a concern for breathing and the glue could be a concern for gumming up the pipes, but I don't believe there's enough to cause a problem unless you start burning hundreds of doors and don't maintain your equipment.
Good vid, and thumbs-up for featuring a Yard Goats t-shirt.
Baaaah!!! I go to at least one game every year with my boy
great idea (as always).
To split the doors with solid wood inside, set door on edge and split the solid wood down the middle like splitting a log with a splitter and then knock off the broken pieces. I'll bet those slats split easy length wise. Great repurpose idea.
Good idea
Thanks, let us know if it works. If I find the right door, I'll give it a try :>)
Great reclaim. I'll definitely be looking into this more. Two suggestions/questions, if you heated the door up somehow. Would the glue release better? Maybe lay it out in the sun for an hour or so. or use a heat gun for the stubborn spots. (2) Instead of an old level. Try using a piece of steel or a piece of pipe to drive out the center supports. The extra weight might give you an advantage.
Glad I scrolled down! I was thinking "heat gun" as well. It is July, though, and hour in the sun would probably do it. ( especially if one draped them with a black tarp)
@@doveoo5 I never thought about adding the black tarp. That would have to help.
So good to see recycling becoming more and more common! Maybe it'd be worth it to make a special tool to remove the cores? Something with sharp edges, maybe, if the spacing is consistent? That treatment can't be good for the level.... :P
it's on my list of things to do!
This was really a pleasure to watch, and is inspiring.
thank you!!
some of those wood center doors make good light duty craft tables and desk type surfaces I used one for years as a computer desk
1/8" plywood makes great drawer bottoms for small drawers. A while back I took one apart and had a bloody bear of a job sanding the cardboard glue hump off the inner ply, I decided it wasn't worth it, must have been a different glue than on yours. I made some scale model " stitch and glue" boats for a design I was working on. Would make excellent RC boats.
Some of them are a lot more sanding than others and you never know until you cut in to them...
I've been looking for a cheap source of ply for skinning the wings of my heavier RC gliders, looks like this is going to be just the ticket!
@@miniphase It is quite stiff material but may be a bit heavy, for your reference I took a piece of scrap from my shop 9.5" x 18" (171 sq in) varnished on one side and it weighed 178 grams, or just over 1 gram per sq. in. You used to be able to buy it in 3' x 7' sheets called door skin for repairing doors. I did find a local supplier that sells it in 4 x 8 sheets.
Over 30 years ago I made a 7' outrigger for my canoe out of it, glassed and epoxied both sides and I still use it today (thou I have made several repairs to it over the years) it saved our butts from a gator attack in the Everglades 20 years ago.
Good Luck.
Rip 10” or so from each edge, bolt cleats into the studs, slip on the extra fancy floating shelves and screw down into the cleats.
Depending on who made them, some really old ones have Corrugated Fasteners holding the frame together. Hit one of those and it's goodbye saw blade. Home Depot used to sell "door skins" for about $5 each. Not as good for the environment, but a lot less work.
Those fasteners are in a lot of them and they are small and soft enough to not instantly kill your table saw blade. As a reclaimed I hit things like that all the time, but I also have saw blades I put aside to NOT use on stuff like this :)
I had to upvote you when I heard "with a new friend in the Rolodex." I bet there is an entire generation of people where that sentence flew over their heads without understanding the meaning.
Haha! Including the guy who's name I just put in the rolodex! Lol. Only some of us of a certain age will understand that.
Had to come rewatch this cuz I finally grabbed a hollow core door that a neighbor had sat out. Once I get it all apart, I'm hoping to make a pickguard with it! But now I wanna put on some Social D while I work lol
makes good pickguard material
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and putting in the effort to film it Tim. I was thinking if you left the timber that runs along the bottom of the door in place until after you ran the level through the doors. It may support the door a little better and allow you to smash your way through easier. Great video and i love the quote" They are not scrap they are just different". Good stuff!
good idea. cut the sides off and leave the bottom to dismantle. cheers!
Awsome job Tim thanks for sharing
I've never run out of hollow core doors for reclamation. The best way to ensure an unlimited supply is to utilize the reclaimed skins to make more hollow core doors.
1) Leave the cardboard honeycomb on the one side of the door panel.
2) fill each honeycomb with colored concrete.
3) let dry
4) use as walkway pavers/ floor tiles
love it
You Sir ........are a GENIUS!!!
I just might be trying this myself!
@@rodneymcintosh1484 Why thank you Rodney, haha!
Lots of material to make stuff - it just won't be very level lol! I've 're-used' these [cardboard filled] doors myself. Soon realised, you HAVE to cut those edges off first, or the whole things a right-off. A bit like pallets really, there's a right & a wrong way to do it. My continuing nightmare [being restricted to public transport/buses] is the number of skips I ride past that, proportional to the distance from home are filled with more and more stuff that should never be sent to landfill!
hey man, the doors are light. Unlike pallets, you can carry them on the bus with you. HAHA! :)
Awesome job Tim, thanks for the breakdown! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
cheers amigo!
Very interesting seeing a how door comes together
I hope that's your beater level lol. The hollow core doors with wood blocking inside make easy floating shelves - you can use the top/bottom hardwood for brackets and edging. Just add screws and paint and you're good to go.
great idea!
good on ya mate greets from australia ,,,i can relate to the method and idea ,,great stuff
Used several hollow core doors in the past and about to use another as a new workbench top. Fitted with a thin galvanised sheet they make great, solid (!!) tops for doing metalwork.
Not quite as robust as solid wood planking, but a couple of sheets of thin ply recovered off one other door and the two sheets cleaned up and glued on top of the first door and each other on the same side makes for a MUCH THICKER top surface A further two sheets makes a top you could drop an anvil on without damaging the top!
This is a really underrated way to get a workbench top!
Thanks for the video, too! I am building my shop soon, and will have space to store some of these doors until I can reclaim them.
Tool abuse is a big problem in today's world, innocent tools are being forced to do jobs they are not built for, some have to travel many miles just to collect a few drops of oil, please for just £2 per month donated to Tim sway you can help stop the great tool depression. Great video.
The Sarah McLaughlin music in the background of your speech waa as a nice touch.
Very interesting!!! I'm going to have to try a few projects with this in mind!!