Cicero wibbled:


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I think you could do this job more easily with a planer - either hand-held
or bench. You could set a side stop on a bench planer for 50mm and get the
necessary depth in one or more passes. You could do much the same with a
hand planer provided that you can adequately support the architrave to be
planed.

None of the above applies if you're determined to buy a router which would
not be a bad idea in any case. A small bench planer is well-worth having
for general use whatever you decide.

Cic.


That's an option... I have an electric hand planer - but I've never tried
using it to cut rebates. It might be difficult to clamp the piece down to
get a single pass with a plane as it's tapered wood (and I'd need to
G-clamp it on the taper) which is why a router came to mind - I could do
that in two sessions, moving the clamps.

Cheers

Tim