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Serious question, did I waste 2 hours hand-planing a door edge when a simple rail jig fixes it?
I always thought a power planer would chew up door edges, so I stuck with a hand plane and sanding block on a job in Portland last month. My lead guy showed me a 3 dollar scrap of plywood clamped as a fence, and the planer rode it dead straight in about 4 minutes. Now I'm wondering how many edges I fought for no reason. Anyone else use a shop-made jig for doors or am I late to this one?
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gonzalez.phoenix7d ago
That bit about a "3 dollar scrap of plywood clamped as a fence" is the whole trick, and yeah, it's a known one. I read a thread on a woodworking forum where a guy said he runs a power planer along a straight edge for every door he hangs now, and he hasn't touched a hand plane in years. Two hours isn't wasted though, it taught you what dead straight feels like, which matters when you're checking the jig setup anyway.
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