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I took a cabinetmaking class at a state university and they had a giant =
belt sander that was set up like a planer. Maybe ask around the local =
colleges/votechs?
I would not attenpt it with a hand planer, I think that's too inaccurate =
a tool for surfaces wider than the planer.
jim
> On Dec 22, 2019, at 9:26 AM, Jim Stone via Shop-talk =
<shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I am installing a barn door in my recently remodeled house and have =
come up with a problem I would like the group=E2=80=99s help with. I =
need to put up a pair of 8=E2=80=99 x 30" barn doors, one of which will =
slide in next to a tall kitchen cabinet. So, not exactly a pocket door, =
but it needs to fit into a pocket. When we designed/installed the =
kitchen cabinets we planned the cabinets for a 1 3/8=E2=80=9D - 1 1/2=E2=80=
=9D door, which I planned to make out of tongue and groove boards or =
possibly shiplap. However, my wife has lately decided that she =
doesn=E2=80=99t like the look of the board door and wants to try =
something different. I wanted to install something temporary while she =
shops and decides and we went to Habitat for Humanity=E2=80=99s ReStore =
yesterday to see if they had anything that would cheaply do the trick, =
at least for the holidays. To our surprise, they had a pair of new, =
really nice, 8x30 shaker style doors for $50 each that would look really =
good in the house. They are solid wood, I think poplar, and the only =
problem is that they are 1 3/4=E2=80=9D thick. I bought them anyway, =
figuring I could always donate them back if there wasn=E2=80=99t a good =
way to make them work.=20
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> There is a possibility that I might be able to make the doors work by =
tweaking the barn door hardware, as the opening is about 1 5/8=E2=80=9D. =
I will try that, but doubt the wall tolerances are that precise. It it =
doesn=E2=80=99t work, my only option - besides re-donating the doors - =
is to try to narrow the doors a bit. This should be possible, since the =
stiles and rails are 4=E2=80=9D and 8=E2=80=9D, respectively, so I am =
not talking about narrowing the entire width of the door. =20
> (For what it is worth, I should add here that while the doors are =
currently 8x30, I need to tweak that a bit to make the match the =
cabinets and door opening and will be cutting them down to about 84=E2=80=9D=
x 29=E2=80=9D. =20
>=20
> I currently have a good bench top planer that I can=E2=80=99t see =
anyway to use, and a cheap HF hand planer that might work. But, of =
course, I would be happy to buy a new one or another tool that would do =
the job. We are probably looking at more than $1000 for a pair of 8=E2=80=
=99 doors that make my wife happy, so there is lots of room in the =
budget for a new tool. So, what does the group think? Can I safely =
take about 1/8=E2=80=9D off each face of these doors. Is an electric =
hand planer my best option, or is there another way? They will be =
painted in the end, so I can fill in any random gouges, but they do have =
to be smooth and even.
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> As always, thanks for any advice and Happy Holidays to all!
>=20
> Jim
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