"Buck Turgidson" wrote in message ws.com...
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I suspect that the edge will have to be trimmed by a 1/8 or 1/4, and I know
that the strike side of the door should be bevelled 3 to 5 degrees.

Check the new door - it may already be beveled. If not, then use a
marking gauge to set the depth of the bevel (you're basically marking
one face of the door. Mark the ends as well, and then use a jack
plane to plane down to that mark. If you're nervous about planing
unevenly, scribble pencil on the edge of the door, and then plane off
the scribble marks (you'll want to make your scribbles beginning on
the leading edge of the door or you're going to take the whole thing
down, sans a bevel, and you don't want that).

For the other side, where you're going to have to trim, if you've got
1/4" or more, it'd be easier to use a skilsaw with its flimsy fence
(they don't work that bad, actually), and then plane the rest down
with a.... you guessed it, a jack plane.

A decent jack plane can be had on ebay at any moment, for about $25 +
shipping. Even the most hard-over Normite can use a jack plane for
something besides a paperwight.

O'Deen