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Paul Mc Cann wrote in message ...
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says...

Remember to draw a line to which you wish to plane, preferably on both
faces of the door, to keep your cut nice and square.
Use a jig with a circular saw. No skill required, quick, and deadly
accurate.



.........and one frayed edge.

The frayed edge is neither here nor there if the cut is accurate and 90 degs
to the face. If it tears up badly, then IME either the wood is damp, or
the blade is blunt.

or more likely, one is working on the average panel door with el cheapo
ply and egg box inner core. Been there, done that.


Besides if the amount to be removed is 3mm or less it can be hard to
control a circular saw

The saw is not hard to control at all. The inner edge of the baseplate
follows the jig so you cannot overcut, and the weight of the saw is always
on the workpiece. Even a tapered cut 3mm down to zero is a doddle, really it
is. The method has often been described on here but I wouldn't bother buying
anything fancy to achieve it when you can just pin or clamp a batten.
Once you know the distance from tooth edge to baseplate edge (and ideally
cut youself a "spacer" of that size for future use), you can get pretty
amazing accuracy.



Beg to differ. Despite the presence of the batten if the saw deviates at
all it can be the devil to get it to start cutting to the line again
when trying to remove a small amount. Possibly/probably the quality of
the saw will have an effect i.e. B Q against Festo or similar
--
Paul Mc Cann