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Huge wrote:
I have a number(seven) of doors to fit, and since I hate planing things,
what's the assembled multitudes feeling on power planes?


Excellent devices. Take skill to use, though, or you'll end up with a non
square edge.

(In particular the (doubtless sold out) one on special offer
from Screwfix)


Dunno. Mine's a B&D about 10 years+ old.

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Huge wrote in message
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I have a number(seven) of doors to fit, and since I hate planing things,
what's the assembled multitudes feeling on power planes?

(In particular the (doubtless sold out) one on special offer
from Screwfix)

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Can't comment on the Screwfix offering, but I've got an old B&D plane which
works very well. Electric planes are particularly good on the end grain at
the top and bottom of the frame members.

When replacing internal doors I:
* make a careful note of the current fit - and particularly of any gaps -
before removing the old door
* lay the old door on top of the new one, and mark the size - making
allowance for any gaps noted previously
* hold the new door in a Workmate, and plane the edges down to the pencil
marks
* offer it up to the frame to make sure it is right
* mark the hinge and lock positions, using the old door as a template
* finally, fit the hinges and lock

Sorry if this is teaching my grandmother to suck eggs - I know it goes
beyond the original question - but *someone* might find it useful.

Roger




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* make a careful note of the current fit - and particularly of any gaps -
before removing the old door


You must be *very* lucky in the fit of old doors in your place. ;-)

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Huge wrote in message ...
"Roger Mills" writes:

Huge wrote in message
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I have a number(seven) of doors to fit, and since I hate planing things,
what's the assembled multitudes feeling on power planes?

(In particular the (doubtless sold out) one on special offer
from Screwfix)


Can't comment on the Screwfix offering, but I've got an old B&D plane

which
works very well. Electric planes are particularly good on the end grain at
the top and bottom of the frame members.


Now that's what I wanted to hear. Where's that Screwfix catalogue?


For trimming doors a circular saw is quicker, easier, and more accurate.


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On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:03:58 +0100, "Roger Mills"
wrote:

Sorry if this is teaching my grandmother to suck eggs - I know it goes
beyond the original question - but *someone* might find it useful.


I finally became "someone" " ;O) This job is intimidatingly on my
horizon! Thanks for the ideas - I got some other complications, but
this is going to help for sure!

Take Care,
Gnube
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stuart noble wrote:
For trimming doors a circular saw is quicker, easier, and more accurate.


I'd agree if you have to take a chunk off.

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Roger Mills wrote in message ...
For trimming doors a circular saw is quicker, easier, and more accurate.


That's fine if you simply want to cut the bottom off straight to clear a
carpet. Even then, depending on the door facing material, you might get

some
splintering on the side where the saw breaks through.

Often, when fitting a new door into an old frame, you need "vertical" edges
which are not quite straight. This is easier to achieve with a plane than
with a circular saw.


Have to disagree there. You can do tapered cuts on the long edge of a door
starting at zero and ending at 1mm if you wish. All you need is a batten, a
couple of clamps or panel pins, and a scrap of harboard cut to the distance
from the blade to the left hand edge of the saw base. Mark the beginning and
the end of cut, lay the harboard down, slide the batten up to it, fix, and
cut. It's always dead square and impossible to take too much off.
Not so easy of course if you're working on the landing of a third floor
conversion flat but turning out decent work in a confined space is what
chippies get paid for.
My power plane is permanently set to just above zero and only used to smooth
an existing surface. Never seen them as an efficient method of stock
removal.




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Firmly clamp battens the same thickness as the door to the bottom of
the door, flush with the original end of the door


Of course, I didn't mean to the bottom of the door, I meant clamped to the
sides of the door, set flush to the bottom.

i.e.

| |
| |
| Door |
| |
+| |+
|| || -- Batten
|| ||
++-------++

This way, the batten gets splintered at the end rather than the door.
Obviously a skilled craftsman will be able to use the plane directly, which
is why I use the battens.

Christian.


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