Trimming oak veneer doors

[Joe Shmoe]

Whats the best way to trim a couple of oak veneer doors? Would a standard circular saw make a mess? Would I be better off running a router down them? They're 35mm thick and I've 5 to do. Need to remove a couple of mm on some, to almost the permitted full 10mm on others. They're the big standard oak veneer you are from wickes etc.

Thanks for any tips and guidance.

 

[MARK.B.]

Will trimming them remove all the veneer ?

 

[Myfordman]

I'd scribe a knife line first to halt any splinters in the veneer, cut the bulk off with a saw and then finish with a router. clamp on scrap timber to stop tearout from the router too.

 

[RobinBHM]

A lot of chippies these days use a track saw for trimming doors.

Otherwise as above stanley knife first then cut with skil saw. Keep cut a fraction back from knife mark and clean up by sanding slight arris.