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I wish I had known about door blanks last weekend. I'm 90% of the way through making a hollow door covered in thin ply, it's worked relatively well so far but is very slightly bowed.
I think you should spend £60 extra on the door, I don't think it would be particularly time efficient to build it back up to a high standard. I'd have a go with a drill and chisel because most of the roughness will be hidden with the lock or hinges.
rj
Door teim.
I need to fit a door for my garden room - as it's going to be clad to match the rest of the building, I'm going to be buying a solid core blank and trimming to size.
The frame is awkwardly wide at 975mm, giving me the choice of buying a 1220x2440 blank, and trimming, or a 915x2100 blank and building up the ~50mm with hardwood (glueing & nailing).
-- My gut says that I should spend the extra £60 on the bigger door, as it's far easier to cut it down than to build it up.
Should I cut a bevel into one / both edges? The University of Youtube has both and none of these being done.
Cutting mortices and hinges - should I be investing in (really quite expensive for single use) jigs, or shall I make a jig myself. Or just eyeball it with a chisel.