Probably the Easiest Router Sled out there ( Flattening a Live Edge Slab without a Planer)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- Making a simple and cheap router sled for flattening boards and slabs. This jig allows you to joint and plane bigger boards that won't fit in your planer or jointer with help of a router. I used some 30mm by 30mm angle iron and some 18mm plywood scraps, a few screws and you are done. you can make this in just a couple of minutes. I used some spacers on my router attached with some hot glue to accommodate for the rounded corners of the angle iron. and took some 5cm by 5cm pine wood to ride the sled on. With the plywood strips, I can easily adjust the height of the sled. I've chosen an 18mm router bit to flatten the beech slab because that was my largest bit. If you have any questions leave them in the comments down below, I do my best to answer all of them! Thank you very much for watching!
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You got the coolest sounding tools. Mine are all just really loud
For real . It’s early and everyone here is a sleep . As I seen you were about to turn the saw on I started to drop my volume but heard the music come on just before .... I was like “ ok awesome dude thanks .”
If only…
Love the music editing for the mechanical noises. The violin sounds for the hacksaw brilliant!!!
For me this is the best router sled video I've seen, and I've seen a lot. I keep seeing "10-minute router sled" and "Simple sled build" everywhere, and then watch someone assemble it on fast forward (i.e. they spent hours) out of 20 different types of nuts, bolts, wood, metal, plastic etc.
This one _is_ the simplest I've seen, and the one that makes the most sense to me. Plus the music editing was excellent! Great job.
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it!
This may be the best tutorial vid I've ever watched. Short, to the point, no obnoxious music and chock full of simple and great ideas. Less is more.
Thanks for posting.
Thank you very much!
This is by far the simplest setup I have seen for a home shop. I just watched one using linear rails that moves so fluidly but I think too expensive for a home shop. Your setup is something most can afford. Great job!
I hate how-to videos with no talking in them. This guy knows how to make a how-to video that needs no talking. Very entertaining, and still does the job intended. When he grabbed the saw and there was just a short violin sound, I wasn't paying much attention, but that out of place sound that fit so perfectly snapped my attention right to the video, where it stayed to the end. Superb editing, and creativeness with. Easily earned my sub.
Thanks a lot! 😊
With all the complicated sled designs out there, I used the angle iron and made mine in just a few minutes. Brilliant idea.
Thanks for the tip.
Thanks
The sled is cool, but dam this editing!!! The sounds and mix of music on/off, that's very creative and a real inspiration! Thanks Seb!
Thanks Red! I try to compensate for the boring project with the editing. 🙂
@@Ollaris not boring. And it was just brilliant!!
@Pat Mahon Hahaha!! True
Subbed for the creative music inserts too.
Playing the music instead of the sound of the machine tools is genius. I particularly like way the bowing of strings replaces the action of a saw!
Great! I've been searching for the most inexpensive way to make a router sled and this has definitely have to be it. I'm making one!
Great idea! I had some angle iron from an old rollaway bed and cut it up for the rails. I discovered that the radius of the inside bend makes my router rock, so I'll modify the router base with a couple strips of wood similar to what you have done to deal with the unevenness. This idea has a lot portability and easy to modify for a variety of sizes.
Thank you for posting!
I made a similar with angle iron six years ago,it works!
If you put a bolt or dowell down through your end blocks that hold your angle iron at the ends, you can use both hands on the router. Just a thought.Good job!
I put leveling screws with foot pads on the ends of mine- that works well if yout table is flat.
My ears and I sincerely thank you for not having to listen to a router in order to learn how to make a router sled!
I have watched several videos on router sleds, this is by far the simplest! I am going to build one soon, thanks.
Great use of special effect sounds and nat sound! Best of all, showed exactly what to do, concise and to the point. That's how the cookie should crumble!
By far the simplest yet effective sled ive seen made! Awsome work!
Thanks a lot Douglas!
My first try at leveling a cookie slab was a disaster. My second try using your setup went perfectly. Simple, yet brilliant! Thank you
Awesome! Glad to hear you had success!
A great video...I know next to nothing about woodworking, but after watching this I know I could "flatten" a board. Just an excellent video in so many ways....creative, educational and entertaining. There's not a single word spoken but the video conveys the technique so well even I could do this...and that's the sign of a true master...well done.
Thank you very much Trish!
Man that music over the power tools is a cool touch.
Love the sound effects. So much better than hearing the loud sound of the router or drill. Overall, nice job
Thank you very much!
This just became my fav wood working channel on TH-cam
Thank you very much! This means a lot! There are so many great channels out there!
Love the sound effects and music. That's awesome.
Very cool sound effects. Sure beats the normal machine racket blasting your ears in most videos!
Thanks!
This was the perfect idea for a nice easy router sled and worked great for my first test run!
Thanks!
I agree with MrBonners on using a sacrificial base plate. Make the plate slightly larger than the router then radius the edges and you could do away with gluing the spacers onto your router. With that said, great video and a wonderful concept.
Hahaha. I love the music over the drill and saw noises, and the sound effects for the punch tool.
Thank you very much!
Rumour has that beech slab is still hot glued to Ollaris’s bench. Fun vid to watch as always! Thanks.
You are sooo right! I need to finish that piece! It was a test run. I made the sled for an ongoing project.
Absolutely dead simple and highly effective. I'll be headed to the home store to pick up some angle iron later. Only thing I think I'll do different is put a stop on the bottom of either side of the sled to keep it from slipping off the rails. I have some angle iron cut-offs I can use. If I can figure out how to attach it, I may use UHMW as sliders on the sides of my router base.
I love the sound effects and the music.
Agree with the peeps on sound editing. Like it, a lot.
Thank you! You've no idea how helpful that will be. Quality music and sound effects to boot
I’m glad you took something out of it!
What an awesome, simple, innovative video and tool! Wow! Talk about thinking outside the box! This is EXACTLY what I want to build. A few weeks ago, I found an old angle iron bedframe so I have the angle iron already. Never thought about running the sled length wise. Always thought about width wise. Thank You So Very Much For Sharing This! By the way, I Too enjoyed your audio editing! I wish I could give you 100 "Likes" for your creative video and tool design! No, wait, make that 500 "Likes" ! ! ! ! !
The sled is a good idea well made, and your musical editings are even better. Very fine.
Thank you very much Dieter!
Loving the sound effects. I'm glad someone figured out how to let those sounds play out outside of the head. :-)I made something almost exactly like this about six months ago. The thing is that I welded it together and included an edge guide on one side so it wouldn't move around on me. But I like the wooden stop block at the end.
Nice build, and fantastic video! That is much easier than any of the other router sled builds I have seen and is definitely going on my build list.
Thanks Brad!
Excellent idea. Will not warp or rot.
Mate you have just saved me at least 150£ thanks for your video 👏
I rarely ever comment on YT videos, but I tried someone’s suggestion of using aluminum instead of real iron. Don’t do it. Aluminum is too flexible, you’ll get uneven passes and moves around too much. Get the real iron, it’s cheaper also. You also don’t need to screw in the wood blocks to keep the spacing - just hand clamp it into place well. Incredible system once built, im using a rigid fixed base router and it’s a great match. Thanks for the video!
superb, love this. You're never too old to learn. As is said ... `Every day is a school day`... And hey, love your music choices.
The only down side I see is that you are going to `muller` your router base, unless you consider it sacrificial.
Otherwise, brilliant vid. Thank you so very much
Very simple nice 👍🏻. I never thought of using hot glue to hold the slab thanks for the idea
Just bought my first router and this gave me motivation to make a live edge table top. Thanks!!
Awesome! Good luck and have fun!
Genius. For the music alone, I sending this to my mates.
Thanks man! That really helps! I appreciate it!
Oh I'm stealing this design! I've made 4 or 5 sleds out of wood and they always end up warping
I'm loving your edits lately! I especially liked your laser-powered center punch ;)
Hahahaha! Thank you very much Ian! Make sure to use laser proof glasses when using one of those!
Love the improv with the music, great iniative! So much better then listning to saws and routers! Great video!
Thanks a lot Robert!
I agree. Fun.
Peew peew! The laser gun SFX are awesome!
Love the music and sound effects dubbed over the tools
Thank you very much!
The music/effects killed it ! Great work
Thank you very much!
Really enjoyed the use of sounds / music for the video
I'm gonna go ahead and say what everyone else is saying. Kudos on the editing with the music. I can't tell you how many times I've had to hit the volume button in preperation for a tool being used. Not once during this video! Any way. Great job. Gonna hit that like and sub button!
Thank you very much!
Super simple and a beautiful piece of wood! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Billy! Yes it is!
I like your approach to this simple process.
You gave me the idea and I will certainly be copying you, thanks.
Even if the content wasn't good (it is GREAT, btw) you deserved a Thumbs UP for the audio editing!! Awesome!!
Thank you very much Billy!
Being an ear bud user, I'm digging your audio editing! Thank you!
Thanks! Happy you enjoyed it!
I don't know why I never thought about making one from metal... Great job! I also like the music editing...
Thank you very much!
So creative and entertaining! Now every time I use a center punch, I'm going to think, Pew! Pew! Thanks for sharing! : )
Hahaha! Thank you very much! And sorry!
easier than the other sleds out there and it slides well too. Nice !
Thanks
Very cool! Also that’s the cleanest workshop that I have ever seen!!!😀
Thanks Chris!
My kind of build simple and effective. Well done!
Thanks Dan!
This was a great video,,,,,thank you for all your hard work,,
This is one video that IS a work of art
Thank you very much Steve!
The sound editing definitely made this video. Well done!
Thanks!
Such a simple, but genius idea. I will need to make one soon. 👊🏻
Love the video, well done! straight to the point no bs. And the sound effects are hilarious
Thank you!
Dude, I love your production. Brilliantly hilarious and ingenious.
Thanks Clayton!
Wow what a great idea. Saves me from buying a planer when I dont need one most of the time
Thanks! I hope you like it when you make one!
Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. For mine though I ended up using anodized aluminum angle because it doesn't have that little round bit in the corner. But your video helped me achieve what I needed to so thanks!
Just subscribed to your channel partly because of your work and partly because of your editing. Love the music❤️.
Thank you very much Richard! I really appreciate that!
Thank you for posting this video! Love your shop. Nice and clean.
Thanks!
I watch a lot of these videos and I usually don’t comment. But, great editing! Music and sound effects great, funny! Nice job!
Love the music over the power tools only
Thank you very much! Glad you like it
Very nice transitions and use of the music. I actually very much prefer the step by step "show me" approach over the avalanche
of words. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Mike!
I lost a finger tip trying to flatten a piece of walnut too small for the planer thicknesser. Watched your video, knocked out a scaled down version of your sled et voila, one flat and uniformly thick pece of wood. Thank you so much
Thank you very much! So sorry to hear that you lost a finger tip, hopefully this jig helps!
Clever sled. Brilliant soundtrack!
Thanks for this great idea. I made a version of it today and it worked like a charm!
Awesome! 👊👍
@@Ollaris I gave you a shout out on Instagram too. Search @Bigtoefratello. All the best.
Thank you very much! I will check it out!
Hey Seb, it’s Hanu. Idk how tf i missed this one, but me likey! iThink u might be accurate - this being the simplest router sled build that I’ve seen so far, so thanks for that. That inspires me (as u always seem to have a knack for doing), to finally create a router sled jig. & of course, primo editing, once again. Mahalo & Aloha!
Thank you very much glad you like it!
Nice. One thing you may want to change is to use aluminum angle as it's a lot smoother and less destructive to your router base. Or an alternative would be some teflon tape. 3M used to sell this self adhesive tape that worked really well.
Great idea, Thanks!
P.s. thank you, it was an awesome unique change from the usual bods everyone else puts out.
Dude the sound effects are friggin awesome 🤣🤣🤣
Your editing skills are on POINT dude...
Thanks a lot!
love the sound effects. it's something different. keep it up
Thank you very much! Glad you like it!
I came for the metal framed router sled, but was given the additional gift of hilarious music cuts and sound effects. I loved this video my man, keep it up!
Best video I’ve seen in a while. Content and editing.
Easy to select subscribe for this guy.
Thank you very much Bill! Glad you like it!
Has to be the best video I've seen to make one of these.
Straight forward to make and will be copying this design.
Cheers
Thank you!
Ingeniously simple. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Excellent editing, showing me exactly what I needed to see, not a single word said. Amazing work, thank you!
Try sticking some track saw replacement strips on the angle iron to make the router slide super smoothly
Just found your channel, and this video. Well done my friend! Love the sound effects, the violin while sawing was great! Subscribed 👍
the sounds editing is freaking awesome
Thank you!
Dude, you're a freaking genius !
loved the sound inserts
Thanks
I'm making one! Thanks!
First off, awesome sled, but that editing bro, next level i love it. Thank you for the idea btw, doing this weekend.
Thanks a lot Drew!
¡me encantó la forma en que usas la música! ja ja ja eres un genio!!
y la simpleza de tu sistema para rebajar y dejarlo plano está también genial.
I have a jawhorse as well i really find it useful to have in the shop.
Nice one! Great job on solving the problem with the angle brakets. You sir, you are going places! ;)
Thanks a lot!
Love the sound effects!
Thank you!
Just made this today. Looking forward to trying it. Thank you.
Awesome! Have fun and good luck!
awesome editing Seb ! And nice sled ;)
Thank you very much Remy!
Oh c'mon! How did I not think of this?! I wish I could give you a million more thumbs up. Only one question. How do you get your center punch to sound like that??? Nice work.
Thanks! It’s a special one, you can’t buy these anymore....😅
Awesome idea 👍
Your tools sound so much nicer than mine.
😅😊