How do I trim plywood flush to a frame edge that is bevelled rather than square?
I am building a small door. The frame is glued and nailed, about 25 mm thick, and thin birch plywood will be glued to both faces.
My plan was to glue oversized plywood and trim it flush afterwards. The complication is that the long edges of the frame are not square — they are cut at a slight angle — so a flush trim would need to follow that bevel rather than cut perpendicular.
What is the right approach for this?
@site_carpenter_cato · 3w ago
The neatest answer depends on how you cut the bevel in the first place, and it is probably simpler than you fear.
If you cut it on a table saw, tip the blade to the same angle in the opposite direction, set the height so it cuts through the plywood and just skims the frame, flip the assembly and run each edge. The blade follows the bevel because you are cutting parallel to it. Two passes and it is done.
If you cut it with a circular saw and a guide, same idea — set the same angle, clamp a straight edge, and trim.
With a router, a flush trim bit follows the frame with its bearing, and on a bevelled edge that leaves the plywood proud at one face and undercut at the other. Some people accept that and finish by hand; a bevelled trim bit matching the angle does it properly.
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