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Adam Fit D Door
July 23rd, 2007 11:30 PM
July 23, 2007 Fit D Door


The store just invested in a handy little tool accessory, that makes fitting "sticky" doors a breeze.

I have already check out the door hinges to make sure they were tight and the hinge recesses in the door and door frame were routed properly.

What is left is a shifted out of square door frame (steel in this case) or a wooden door that needs a tad bit of "trimming".

Craftsman has a heavy duty Rotary Moto-tool, that the PMT workshop already has for ratchet work.

The optional rotary-planer attachment was only $20 and will fix the door up, without having to take down the very heavy door (alone).

I‛ve owned this accessory at home for over a year now.

So, there‛s no gamble concerning its value to the store. I already know how "handy" one of these can be.

Oh, this tool utilizes a spiral cutter, that does door top end-grain much better than a conventional hand or block plane does.

As a bonus, at a fixed 1/64 inch depth of cut, the rotary tool is in very little danger of burning out doing this kind of work intermittently.
Adam Turns out
November 9th, 2007 12:10 AM
November 8, 2007 Turns Out


The nearest electrical outlet to the sticky door was some 40 feet away.

That is way too much of a Customer/ Associate "tripping" risk.

So, I fell back on my manual woodworking skills and used a simple 9 inch long "Smoothing" Bench plane.

I don't have a lot of woodworking tools at the store.

I did have an old Fulton hand plane (keeps me company in the PMT room, along with its Fulton Jack plane, big brother).

I planed the top 6 inch portion of the door edge until it no longer interfered with the metal door frame.

I've never planed vertically (over my head) before.

It was quite an experience!

Sometimes hand tools really do the job better.
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