As the installation manager for Piedmont Lumber in Walnut Creek, Calif., Rob Myer hangs a lot of doors. Sometimes, to make the sale, he’ll agree to finish a door that comes unfinished. To avoid multiple trips to the job site, he prefinishes the door in the shop. He uses a jig for this task that allows him to flip the door before the finish dries, which cuts the finishing time in half because he can work all sides at once.
The jig — inspired by the rotisserie on his barbecue grill — consists of a pair of posts (one at each end of the door) attached to plywood bases on the floor. Myer screws 1/4-inch lags partway into the edges of the door and then rests them in V-shaped grooves in the top of the posts. To keep the door from spinning while he’s trying to paint it, he screws a temporary brace to one corner. When he’s ready to finish the other side, he unscrews the brace and flips the door over.
