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Thank you! Been waiting for a deal like this for a while now.
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Whoa....did you invent doors?
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Good deal but this is one place where I need to cut myself off. Much more of a niche tool for the average DIYer.
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Needs a fence that can bevel for doing doors.
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Same here on the corded one
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I have solid wood veneer doors and the tolerances are crazy tight all around the doors. Unfortunately, some of the doors are hard to fully close. It feels like there is a lot of tension being placed...
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Most heavy doors benefit from ball bearing hinges which don’t let hinge to wear out prematurely. These hinges also make closing more smooth as well. Here’s example in nickel finish:...
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Direct Tools Factory Outlet has RIDGID 18-Volt OCTANE Cordless Brushless 3-1/4" Hand Planer (Factory Blemished, Tool Only R8481B) on sale for $99.99. Shipping is $7. Thanks nycab
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Note that this is factory blemished but new. As such, it is eligible for Ridgid's LSA (lifetime service agreement). Most people report that the blemishes are very minor or non-existent.
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They help with axial load but not a whole lot with radial load, which is another point of wear that produces sag as it relates to side margins.
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Anyone have tips on planning the edge of a door so that you do it evenly? I have trouble with it so that it angles one way or another. Or the top or bottom gets too much plane vs the rest.
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Nope, just do this for a living and most doors I hang are custom.
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Many times when hanging a new door, the edge needs to be shaved because it's too tight. Of coarse this only works on wood doors.
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Yes, and it has a 90° fence for this. Not sure why you’d want to plane a surface out of square.
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And here I was thinking this was for replacing a door in an older home that has "settled" and the door+frame are no longer quite square. Instead of trying to fix the "out of square" frame that may...
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Before you touch the door, you may want to adjust or replace the hinges first. A good quick test at night is to turn on a light on the other side of the door, turn off lights on your side, and see...
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Yeah, that's fair. I should've clarified that I have a cheaper corded one, but can't justify investing in one for the off-chance that I need to plane a door.
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Interesting - thanks for the info!
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Not a bad deal if you need one. $159 @ Home Depot
https://www.directtoolsoutlet.com/Products/Power-Tools/Finishing-Tools/Planers/RIDGID-18-Volt-OCTANE-3-1-4-In-Brushless-Hand-Planer/p/R8481B
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I bought a belt sander, detail sander, and a hand plane from these guys. All arrived with the factory accessories and seemed brand new, minus the brown box packaging.
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Finally a planer, but still holding out for makita or milwaukee.
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What are you using a tool like this for on doors?
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I have a cheap corded one I use to clean up grungy pallet wood - saves a lot of sanding
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Why not just use hand plane!
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not niche but specific tool. Super useful if you work doing doors.
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A properly fit door has, at a minimum, a back-beveled leading/latch edge. The hinge side is also often beveled to give the proper hinge spread. This is increasingly important the thicker the door...
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A proper handplane is going to cost more than this, and it will take longer
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Sounds like your door stops might be too close to the door, especially on the hinge side, and not really a “door edge” problem that this tool *might* help solve. See this diagram
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It's either hinge bind or stop bind. If you pull the door shut from the stop side there should be, at minimum, a small gap between the stop & the door along the hinge side and the top, tapering to...