Russel Tauras
11-23-2008, 9:09 PM
Greetings,
I’m performing final fitting on 2 china hutch doors. They mate together with a rabbet when they close. Now, I’ve hung these doors on their hinges and some small adjustment are needed to get a good fit when they close. I can’t close the doors as there’s some overlap at the top.
So, I’m thinking the way to fit the door is to hand plane the door edges at the top but how do I handle the rabbet? I have to trim this back too. Do I use a rabbet plane? A shoulder plane? I can't sand this as it needs to maintain square. I don't have the option of adjusting the hinges.
The stakes are high at this point as any mistakes now may mean I must do a new set of doors.
Russ
I’m performing final fitting on 2 china hutch doors. They mate together with a rabbet when they close. Now, I’ve hung these doors on their hinges and some small adjustment are needed to get a good fit when they close. I can’t close the doors as there’s some overlap at the top.
So, I’m thinking the way to fit the door is to hand plane the door edges at the top but how do I handle the rabbet? I have to trim this back too. Do I use a rabbet plane? A shoulder plane? I can't sand this as it needs to maintain square. I don't have the option of adjusting the hinges.
The stakes are high at this point as any mistakes now may mean I must do a new set of doors.
Russ