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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17384   
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This thread has reminded me of the video linked below, in which inventor Steve Gass demonstrates supreme confidence in his invention. I admire anyone who is prepared to show such confidence and think it should be a requirement for anyone inventing anything who makes ambitious claims.
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22nd Jun 2020 8:20pm |
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| X4SKP Member Since: 29 Nov 2013 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2295 
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Hello lohr500
All good advice and as a 'tip' for using any of the suggestions made... After having marked up your section to be removed... with a steel edge and sharp knife (Stanley ... or other wise) cut around the marketed line to a 1mm or so depth, particularly on the bottom section of the cutting line when viewed from above and your about to cut. This will stop or minimise the likelihood of splintering each side of the cut line... the scrap piece your not so bothered about but the door you are, I have even seen a routed line cut first on a set of very expensive office doors that were re-hung after oak flooring was installed and 25mm had to be taken off. Good Luck...  SKIP
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22nd Jun 2020 8:40pm |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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I cannot recommend what power saw or plane you should use I can give some advice.
Having a Cabinet maker/joiner in the family with over 40 years experience I just gave him a call when I needed my doors trimming, out came his old hand saw, he sharpened and set the teeth himself, and hand plane. He marked up the door about 1/8th" less than needed, I questioned this and he said that carpets settle with people walking on them, once he had removed the excess he planed the bottom in a dome shape so that no sharp edge dragged on the carpet. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
Richard |
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23rd Jun 2020 9:28am |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763 
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I'd personally use a track saw as I have one, and even a ham fisted fool such as myself can cut dead straight lines in an 8ft sheet of ply with one.
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23rd Jun 2020 11:03am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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36v for the hardworking tools, and I believe they are now going onto 40v  |
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23rd Jun 2020 5:09pm |
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| miker Member Since: 13 Sep 2015 Location: Surrey Posts: 1763
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Much like dewalts 20V range. Same batteries, just they write the fully charged voltage, not the nominal voltage down.
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23rd Jun 2020 5:15pm |
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| Steve_overland Member Since: 14 Oct 2018 Location: Gaydon Posts: 290 
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NOW YOU WARN ME !!!!! 😂 @steve_overland on Insta. 110 expedition vehicle with pop roof |
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23rd Jun 2020 6:17pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2658 
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Been a while since I touched any tools, completed my chippy apprenticeship in 1989
 I would be all over power tools for this, unless you are a craftsman with years of experience hand tools are to slow and any plane will need a sharpen if working a lot of hardwood.
Let us know the results and pics of the end result. Would be good to see 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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26th Jun 2020 5:58pm |
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| lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1316 
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Will do Walfy. Job delayed as carpet fitting has been put back due to lack of availablity on carpet. ETA now mid July☹️ Can't do doors until l know how much to remove.
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26th Jun 2020 6:21pm |
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| lohr500 Member Since: 14 Sep 2014 Location: Skipton Posts: 1316
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Quick update :
Carpet was delayed until mid August so the designers in the house (wife and daughter) had a rethink and decided hard flooring with a trendy large rug in the centre of the room might be more interesting. Chose the flooring on a Thursday, delivered direct to our house by Monday and fitted the following Monday. Slight cock up on batch codes from the supplier which meant we ended up with three different batches, but all sorted and very happy with the result. Bottom line though is I haven't needed to cut anything off the bottom of the doors. So no need to buy a track saw after all. But big thanks to all who suggested what I should use |
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15th Jul 2020 4:55pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17384
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Gutted for you, but I'm sure you'll be able to find some other justification.  |
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15th Jul 2020 6:45pm |
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| donmacn Member Since: 06 Nov 2017 Location: Nth Scotland Posts: 1841
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How weird is this. I had to do this exact thing on two oak panel doors just last weekend!
I already have an electric planer so for me that decision was already taken - however I didn't straddle the door and attempt to remove bits of my anatomy with a sharp, spinning blade. I put the doors up on two trestles, marked the line, and planed to that. It's a bit of a faff I suppose, and you do need to come at it from both ends, or the planer will chew up the side it 'leaves' from, but maybe 10 mins work on each door. My planer is a relatively cheap Erbauer - but for all the times I've used it, it does the job. Donald 1994 Defender 300Tdi 110 SW - owned since 2002 - 230k miles and going strong (The 'rolling restoration' or tinkering thread: http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic58538.html ) 2000 Range Rover P38 4.0L V8 in the past.. RR classic - fitted with 200Tdi 1984 RR classic - V8 with ZF auto box 1993 Discovery 300Tdi not to mention the minis and the Type 2 VW camper... |
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15th Jul 2020 8:14pm |
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