Then slide the sled to the other side making your rails parallel to one another.
Diy wood router sled. Diy router sled tutorial. 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. Drill and countersink holes for adjustment bolts. This jig allows you to joint and plane bigger boards that won t fit in your planer or jointer with help of a router.
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. I used my table saw because its the flattest work surface in my shop. Start with your wood slabs. 1 5 8 wood screws.
For the big ol slabs step 1 router base guide. Step 2 no flex. In this video i make super fast and simple router flattening sled for a combo build with mike montgomery from modern builds. In this blog article i ll share how to make a diy router sled for your live edge woodworking projects.
Clamp the two rails to your work surface. These wood slabs are on the smallish side. So i wanted to. Diy router sled planing flattening leveling live edge wood wild revelation outdoors.
Assembling the router sled. 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. Doing so makes the base a very short armed trammel. 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.
Making a simple and cheap router sled for flattening boards and slabs. I provide tips on how to build it and obtain a smooth. Now find the maximum thickness. Plane your wood slabs with a planing sled that you build step 1.
Using a router sled along with a good planing bit is an easy inexpensive way to flatten level and plane live edge wood slabs. When making your passes over the material the last thing you want to have is flex in the middle to. Measure your wood slabs maximum width and length. This is definitely one of the easiest builds i ve completed but with one of the biggest.
Then tap holes for a pivot screw.