Figure out the maximum thickness of the slab.
Diy wood router sled. Making a simple and cheap router sled for flattening boards and slabs. I used my table saw because its the flattest work surface in my shop. This is definitely one of the easiest builds i ve completed but with one of the biggest. For the big ol slabs step 1 router base guide.
If you don t have a trammel and want to cut a small hole or disc drill a small hole in the router baseplate and drop it onto a headless nail driven partway into the workpiece. Start with your wood slabs. These wood slabs are on the smallish side. Diy router sled tutorial.
Drill and countersink holes for adjustment bolts. Now find the maximum thickness. In this video we are going to make a very easy and quick router flattening sled that can be used for live edge slabs as well as large glued up panels that will not fit through the planer. Now set the sled on the rails to get the spacing set correctly.
Step 3. If you don t have the money or space for a large planer a router flattening sled is a great option for you to be able to plane large slabs without having to spend too much money to make this. Clamp the two rails to your work surface. Gather materials and get stoked cause this thing works like a champ 2 x 2 x 4 pieces of mdf wood 1 2 thick note i wanted to build a sled that could plane up to 24 wide.
Plane your wood slabs with a planing sled that you build step 1. Then slide the sled to the other side making your rails parallel to one another. So i wanted to. I provide tips on how to build it and obtain a smooth.
In this blog article i ll share how to make a diy router sled for your live edge woodworking projects. Assembling the router sled. Step 2 no flex. 1 5 8 wood screws.
Doing so makes the base a very short armed trammel. Then tap holes for a pivot screw. This jig allows you to joint and plane bigger boards that won t fit in your planer or jointer with help of a router. Using a router sled along with a good planing bit is an easy inexpensive way to flatten level and plane live edge wood slabs.
Measure your wood slabs maximum width and length.