Louis Brandt
10-20-2009, 8:53 PM
Hello,
I have a situation that involves the interior doors in my home. The doors are “sticking” when I try to close them, and they are sticking because the edge of the door is scraping against the “stop”, (the vertical 1 1/4 inch wide piece that the door closes against).
I don’t want to have to reposition the doors, nor the hinges, but I’m thinking that if I could round over the edge of the stop, that the door would have enough clearance to close without scraping. At this point, the stops all have sharp 90 degree edges.
So, here’s my question. I’d like to roundover the stops without taking them off. In other words, I’d like to use a router to roundover the edges while the stops are still installed. But, I know that my full size router won’t ride steady enough on the very narrow stop to do the job.
So, would a Bosch Colt router do the job? I don’t own a Bosch Colt, but I’ve always wanted one. If I got a Bosch Colt and installed a roundover bit, would the base plate of the Colt be small enough to ride on the narrow stop and do the roundover without tilting?
I’m sure that there are other ways to accomplish what I’m trying to do, but I’d prefer it if you’d confine your replies to the question about the Bosch Colt.
Thanks,
Louis
I have a situation that involves the interior doors in my home. The doors are “sticking” when I try to close them, and they are sticking because the edge of the door is scraping against the “stop”, (the vertical 1 1/4 inch wide piece that the door closes against).
I don’t want to have to reposition the doors, nor the hinges, but I’m thinking that if I could round over the edge of the stop, that the door would have enough clearance to close without scraping. At this point, the stops all have sharp 90 degree edges.
So, here’s my question. I’d like to roundover the stops without taking them off. In other words, I’d like to use a router to roundover the edges while the stops are still installed. But, I know that my full size router won’t ride steady enough on the very narrow stop to do the job.
So, would a Bosch Colt router do the job? I don’t own a Bosch Colt, but I’ve always wanted one. If I got a Bosch Colt and installed a roundover bit, would the base plate of the Colt be small enough to ride on the narrow stop and do the roundover without tilting?
I’m sure that there are other ways to accomplish what I’m trying to do, but I’d prefer it if you’d confine your replies to the question about the Bosch Colt.
Thanks,
Louis