Door Slabs

[ecduzitgood]

If necessary a chisel will do the job the same way it was done before routers and if you don't know what your doing with a router you can get into trouble fast, but thank God there is wood filler and paint if the router gets outside of the lines or chips out near the edge.
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[Guppy]

I would suggest you check the opening b 4 you start this...
Are the side jambs plum so the margin will be equal between the two doors when hung?
Header jamb level ?
If these doors are solid core (heavy) you may have a problem with the jambs not supporting them,,, a bi-fold jamb most likely has no shims behind....

Not trying to discourage you mate, just info to look out for...

Ian, Go fishing. :-)

[nightfighter]

Look for a laminate trimmer. It is just a small hand held router

[Rmarsh]

Ian: If you only need to hang a pair of doors and want to avoid using a router, you could use this tool. It comes in different sizes. After marking the hinge locations place the tool on the layout marks and strike with a hammer. The sharp edges will cut into the door precisely, then just use a sharp chisel to remove the waste to the thickness of the hinge.

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To avoid measuring mistakes, make a measuring stick (3/4"x 3/4")the height or measurement from the floor to the underside of the top jamb, use this to layout the hinge locations and transfer to doors, it is critical to keep the story pole 1/8" above the top of the door to keep the top of the door 1/8" lower than the jamb.