On 24/03/16 11:32, bm wrote:
"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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On 24/03/16 08:26, David Lang wrote:
On 24/03/2016 08:11, Tim Watts wrote:
On 24/03/16 00:58, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
David Lang wrote:

A plane isn't the right tool to trim the bottom of a door, it's fine
on
the edges. You need a circular saw and a sawboard
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/Sawboard

Even a cheap circular saw will work fine with a sawboard.

Agreed about the saw, but a bit of straight wood clamped to the door to
use as a guide will do fine.


Not entirely true - an electric plane will be fine - I've done it, on
several doors.

The one thing with a plane on a door top/bottom is not to come off the
far edge, but to plane from both edges to the middle, otherwise you can
knock a lump off the corner.

I learnt that on door #1 !

After that it was fine.

That's precisely why a circular saw & sawboard s better.


My reasons we I had no use for a circular saw, but a plane looked
useful, so I went for the plane.

For some reason I've never liked hand held circular saws - I would rather
muddle through with a jigsaw

TBF, a jigsaw is crap for straight unless you plane it afterwards



I can get good long straight cuts - using a guide if necessary. Widest
blade helps (obviously using an actual "jigsaw" blade will be a road to
disaster for straight cuts).

Anyway the OP can make his choice - I hate circular saws (unless
stationary like a sliding combo mitre saw) but I can found a jigsaw an
invaluable tool and bearable for the very few straight cust I need that
can't be done with a handsaw or on a sliding saw.