Planing a door

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Mon May 07, 2007 8:59 am

It sounds like your letting the front of the plane drop down as your coming off the edge, then the blades take a big chunk out?

We have all done that with a power plane im sure!!??

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Mon May 07, 2007 9:12 am

planes from either edge in

or use a circular saw to cut it down

RichieP · Post by **RichieP** » Mon May 07, 2007 5:53 pm

Stop picking on me. I'm a computer geek, not a DIY buff.

Well I've done it.

I lowered the setting a bit and scored a line on the outer edge of the door.

All done without any bloodshed, broken tools or mashed up door. Ta

dirtydeeds · Post by **dirtydeeds** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:21 pm

in light of above information my comment was a bit harsh

well done on understanding the information given

when it comes to computers im more like

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Tue May 08, 2007 1:31 am

RichieP wrote:All done without any bloodshed,

TOP Man!!!!!

Corky · Post by **Corky** » Sun May 13, 2007 7:23 pm

Easy - just plane 2 thirds in from one end, then plane the rest from the other direction. Watch for staples in the end if its a hardboard fronted door. Always plane to a line marked with a gauge to maintain parallelism.