I need to trim approx. 3mm around off of a freshly painted Veneered hardwood- door…I was gonna run a circular saw along it..

Or should a router be my weapon of choice here?

or power planer….

but router and rail probably the most accurate method.

Not owning a Router, I’d use a track saw (circular saw with integrated track for keeping it dead straight).

Oh I thought this was about something else 😳

What Router bit for a ‘landing strip’ 😉

What Router bit for a ‘landing strip’

V-Groove, shirley?

An electric planer is the tool for the job.

http://www.diy.com/nav/fix/power-tools/planing-sanding/planers/planers/Performance-Power-Planer-800W-12389427?skuId=12910131

planer or this nice tool

Clamp a straight edge and Router it.

Worth adding some sacrificial pieces at the ends.

Being an engineered door, youll find its made up of blocks of wood or a chipboard core, and only a hardwood veneer , use a power plane as an ordinary one will blunt quite quick and is hard work. also beaware of ripping the vener of the door, sometimes it comes off as a sheet.

And ensure the door is tightly secured as a door sliding backwards while held between the legs, will result in the door slipping and the planer cutting into your knee, done that only once, not nice.

Not possessing an eletric planer and having just made a straight-edge guide for my Circular..I thought I’d use it. I can make a guide for my router although I’ve used a clamped spirit-level in the past. Sacrificial end pieces are a sound idea.

I can make a guide for my router although I’ve used a clamped spirit-level in the past.

If you’ve got a nice sharp bit and you’re confident using a router, then go for that, the circular saw is more likely to cause damage imo. Not entirely sure what “freshly painted Veneered hardwood” means but if you do use the circular saw then score a line with a stanley knife a couple of mills above the cut line before you cut it. Lightly sand the arris/edge afterwards.

EDIT : I’ve just remembered you only want to remove 3mm, a circular saw is going to be awkward to use. A hand plane would be best imo.

A hand plane would be best imo.

you old romantic, you.

Indeed, and it really needs to be a proper plane with a striking button ….. for a top notch job.

It’s how Jesus would have done it 🙂

^^ do people still use these?

No ! 😀

EDIT : Not ones with striking buttons that is.

Clamp your straight edge and use the circular saw!

Engineered doors will usually have a 10mm hardwood strip to all edges to allow for shooting in.

Get a new blade if you decide to take 3mm off with a circular saw, a less than sharp blade will bend and distort trying to remove so little material.

If you intend to remove 3mm with a circular saw I would think you will struggle.

An average corcular saw blade would have a 3mm cut width.

Rent an electric plane.

You are missing a planer in your life.

Correct number of tools is given by t = t + 1

If you’re inexperienced with an electric planer, be careful; they can take off a hell of a lot more than you want. I would do it with my trusty Miller’s Falls hand plane, £1.00 from a car boot sale.

^^nice find!