HOW TO BUILD A ROUTER SLED / SLAB FLATTENING MILL
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I'm used to larger, corded routers th-cam.com/users/postUgkxfQ5_mgwq6PcudJvAH25t-I4D-3cTPz4z so this was a different experience for me. Basically, this is an incredibly sweet machine, fits well in the hand, etc. It has slightly less power than I'm used to, but that's understandable. Maneuvering freehand takes some practice. These days, it's especially nice to be able to avoid power cords. This is above the level of a hobbyist but below a pro level.
Have you ever noticed how close your palm comes to your table saw blade?
Seriously! I was wincing every time he used that silly low push block!
Thanks so much for posting this tutorial, I’m going to follow it step by step today building my own!
Before I go...I don’t mean this as a criticism but it’ll bother me all day if I don’t say that the way your push block sits so low and leaves your thumb exposed so so close to your blade gave me extreme anxiety. I’d feel horrible if I didn’t mention it and came back to your vids I subscribed to and find you no longer had a thumb 😳There are SO many safe blocks out there these days and your hands are the most important aspect of a woodworker! Thanks again for the great vid! 👍🏽
Heck no…it shud be a criticism. Be safer in your future videos,
I was literally thinking the exact same thing
One tip I saw on making the sled was to use a wider base so the rails sit on top of the bottom. That permits screwing from the bottom into the side pieces and reduces any likelihood that your screws in your sled which are horizontally installed may cause he bottom the router is riding on to bulge. The screws installed as you did might cause the router to ride on possible bulges at each screw position. If they were installed vertically, the sled bottom remains flat with no potential to bulge.
Thanks again so much for showing this on a video! My Plainer can only do 13 inches and My husband and I did not know how to do it from there, but now we know! 🤗🤗 Thanks and God Bless 🙏🏼
Just finished making this. Thx for the detailed steps. Allowed me to tackle this with confidence
Thank you for the kind words! 😀
Nice job. I'd make one change though - in your build, you attach the sides of the sled with horizontally driven screws into the edges of the sled base... than can cause a minor, but perceptable bulge in the base at each screw's location. Better to make the base 1-1/2" wider and mount the sides by driving the screws through the bottom of the sled, into the edges of the sides.
Great video. Love the sled you built. Was concerned about some of your table saw techniques pushing boards. Looks like you’re going to get cut. I would use that black push stick more often.
hhahah That's the first thing i saw as well, a bit of a cringe moment everytime he passed his hand over the saw waiting for blood to shoot out!! OUCH!! but good video
Purchased the plan for this Router Sled and will build it this weekend. The plan is very easy to follow and of course I can always refer back to this video if I have a problem. One thing I want to point out in the plan is the dimensions for Part 3 on the cut list should be 2 1/2 " X 48", not 3 1/2" X 48". Thanks for the video and plans.
I discovered this problem this week as well when I built the router base and found it was sticking off the rails by a good inch. Had to redo parts of it. After watching the video again I realized his build was not like the plans which is pretty annoying to waste time and materials for a plan that the creator didn't even follow in the video. Surely, he could have updated the plans instead of continuing to allow a faulty product to float around for purchase. I had been considering some of his other plans and now am questioning those purchases wondering what I will find out to be wrong with them as well. Be better MWA Woodworks
Thank you for this video. I'm in the 'learning' phase of making my first Live-Edge table, and one area that I'm focusing on is the flattening process. This video, along with the excellent feedback from other viewers, is very helpful. I'm looking forward to future videos.
Been tossing and turning over whether to build an elaborate aluminum extrusion type mill or follow the route you took. Not wanting to spend the money for Woodpecker's mill I find myself stuck with the most cost efficient and lasting design possible but long story short your design is simplistic and nicely done and probably will end up being the way I decide to go. Nice video with explanations! Liked and subscribed!! Stay safe and happy woodworking!!!
I bought the plans and built this sled over the last two days. Plans were great! Got so excited I started flattening my tree slices right away!
yep! I'm next on the "gonna build one just like this" list...thanks for sharing!
This is the best home-built jig I've seen. Totally going to make this.
I don't really know why I clicked on this video considering I already have a router sled that serves my needs.... but I'm glad I did. I had no idea collet extensions were a thing so I've been using flat spacer boards beneath my work pieces that are too thin to be tall enough for the bit to reach.
I didnt either! That was a game changing discovery.
Finally a usefull tutorial. I'll make one for my self. Thank you.
Just came across you on TikTok and man am I glad to see you’re on TH-cam as well. Great videos. Straight and to the point without any of the Bla Bla bullshit. Thanks to you I’ll be making this sled this weekend.
Great video!!! Have seen a few videos about router sleds. This is by far the best. Will refer back to this when I build mine. Thx. Man!!
Very helpful, thanks for taking the time to film and share!
I used polyurethane on my sled it provides a slippery surface for the router and slides easily on rails. Also attached my sled sides ontop of the base piece and attached with pocket screws. Less chance of warping with the frame secured to the base board.
This will be a great project as I'll be needing to flatten out a few pieces of rougher wood. That's for correcting the paste "slip up"(get it).... always good to see that even the pros make a error once in a while....🥃
Great video. The KISS principle works again. Thanks.
É o melhor jig com tupia que já vi. Super fácil de fazer e o resultado é excelente.
Outstanding production values.
Great milling method and just so happens I am also building a butcher block!
Nice!
Depending on outside temps tomorrow...I might try to build this too. Great job!
excellent video, everything i needed to know to build a sled to flatten the top of my new work bench! thank you
Well done. This is how I’m going to build mine now. Thanks!!!
Was considering buying the $800 WoodPeckers unit until I saw this!!! Thanks and great build!
This is a great alternative 👍
Thank you for the design and tutorial, I am making cutting boards for christmas and needed something to flatten out after glue up, thanks again, just made and worked great
you are very welcome! Good luck with your boards!
Thanks from the land down under. Loved it. So simple but effective.
Great video. I have some Black Walnut slabs varying between 4-6 inches think and about 36 " diameter. Been trying to figure out how to get them same thickness and smooth enough to do an end table out of them. You router sled appears to be the solution to my dilemma . Thanks again.
Nice video, and I learned a few new things. One tip I recommend is to level the sled rails using a 4' level before you start routing. You don't have to be level in the long direction but the two rails have to be co-planar in the perpendicular to get a slab that's truly flat. lt's like using winding sticks only much more accurate.
Great tutorial
Excellent set up.
Thank you
I Like it I will give it try this summer, if it works to my HS shop it goes for my students
Thank you for your videos man. Worth 2 or 3 years in those "schools" ...
Thank you. I love the way you made your jig. Going to have to make one too. Thank you for sharing.
Thank You!! Just what I needed. Very well done my friend.
Man you make it look 👀 easy
like that saw fence
I have a video and plans for it 😉
Wd40 dry lubricant and an extension collet was valuable info thanks
I’ve made your sled and it’s great. My challenge is, even with a collet extension, reaching the workpiece. What is the distance between the bottom of the sled and the workbench? Asked a different way, what is the thinnest workpiece you could flatten with a sled of these dimensions?
Learned something today, I need a collet extension. Seriously though, good video.
It's a super handy tool 👍
Found the video on wood writing reddit, great video. Subscribed and looking forward to more! Keep it up bud!
Great Job... Loved your instructions and results.
Thank for the design.
Here for the algorithm. Cheers.
Awesome video. Informative and to the point. Thank you for sharing to help others.
Great video. Thanks. Just what I intend to build.
I like this approach a lot, will make
This is very helpful. Thanks!
Very good video and a BIG THANK YOU for waiting to the end to ask me to subscribe.
Thank you! Your videos are awesome!
Great design and looks like it works well. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks!
Great sled! I hope to build this soon to smooth out some slabs and save my planer! also to eventually make some end grain boards like you just did! Thanks for sharing and I'll be sure to subscribe. Joe
Hand 🖐 sooooo close to table saw blade
(Amazing video though! Very well explained)
Dude. How do you have 1 dislike for this? Let alone 45??? Great sled. Thanks!
Dude. This is so good.
🤣🤣🤣 thanks!
That's a beautiful piece.
Everything looks easy to do with a good table saw... Unfortunately, I have not... Your Idea to use plywood is very interesting. I have to buy new or or even update my father's in law table saw.
This is awesome! Thank you!
Thank you for sharing.
Came here from Instructables. Great build! Subscribed
Sweeeet! Thanks so much!
Ha!! Me too! Great build video. Now to go back to the Instructable!! Thanks!
great invention thanks , yusuff
Nice version. Thanks for sharing.
Just what I was looking for. Thanks!
Excellent video.
Thank you for the great tutorial! One question though, what purpose do the inner rails serve? Couldn't you just take them out and have the sled bottom ride the rails? I'd think that would eliminate any problems caused by runout between the inner and outer rail surfaces.
The rails provide rigidity to the sled bottom. Otherwise the whole sled would bend/deflect whenever you put pressure on the router in the middle of it and leave the workpiece looking like a dish.
Seen it used in several video's but never listed so far is your countersinking bit, quite strange looking so the question is it a universal hole size? I'm old so needless to say quite blind, LOL & just unable to see it truly used in normal speed at least to tell, also thank you for all of these simplistic video's that I'm enjoying immensely, truly a breath of fresh air compared to others always trying to overwork it & sell you everything under God's Green Earth, so thanks again, sincerely, TOM.
Very nice setup Matt.
Thank you brother! It's a neat jig to have.
Very informative video!
Big help! Thank you very much.
great video bro. ill for sure have to make one of these.
Good ,tips, methods and video production. I've just made a walnut and purple heart board. Typically the industrial drum sander I have access to does a perfect job. On this board the puurple heart is proud or the walnut no matter how many passes. I'm guessing the PH is that much harder.
Question: Do you think 3/4 inch MDF would be feasible for this project……? You have a new subscriber now
Hi man, great project!
Just one question: I guess you made the rails that way (on the table saw) because you were super confident about the alignment of the fence and the blade right? - actually I guess you have checked that off camera. I ask you this because I'm not that sure my fence is that well aligned and the blade too, I mean it's kinda good but to make perfect long boards I should make a long and tedious alignment job and probably buy an indicator gauge... Because even a mistake of 0.3 degrees in the rails flatness can lead to a height drop of, like, 3-4 mm for a table that is 1 m long after you have planed it down. So I was thinking about superposing multiple MDF boards, which are super flat, on the wide side to make the rails. Or directly buying some pine boards after having checked the size doesn't change over the length of the board. Do you have any better ideas? :D
BTW of course I will align my table saw perfectly one day haha
Congrats again!
I wish someone would make a video on how to build something like this when you don't have the big expensive tools.
This is a pretty simple build. you don't need big expensive tools!🤜
I could make this with dry pine boards, a hand rip saw, a hand plane and a straight edge. ( 4 ft. level )
@MWA Woodworks how can you do the cut on 2:43 with out trembling?? your hand seems very close to the blade..
But a nice video with good explaination.
Because he got balls larger than 2x4
@@tianwang1630 or he is just stupid! Not a good way to show others how to use a saw table!
@@dropndeal I don't need to! There are plenty of really good vids out there with people using the equipment properly.
So what you are saying is safety is self gratifying and superior? Yep! I'll run with that. You have just agreed that what this guy did was not good practice!
😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@dropndeal You really are a bit silly! You have asked for a video and I have told you that you should be able to find one on TH-cam. I never said I had a skillset at all, that was an assumption of yours. I have a workshop and know how to use the tools properly, not like the video shows. You have admitted that he is doing it wrong by asking me to demonstrate the correct way. So toddle off and try to wind up someone else.
@@dropndeal I would love to know why you deleted one of your comments. I have a copy of it, would you like me to repost? ha ha ha.
Great video thank you
Nicely done! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
thank you Fred! Gracious as always.
Nice video and build. Thanks
Great, thank you
Very good and very helpful 👍
Did you buff out the gobs of wax that you applied?
Love it
Nice job, thanks for sharing your experience, i’ll build something like that soon. New subs :)
Thanks
I'm thinking of building this but also need a new cross cut sled. Just wondering if anyone has ever combined the two? A cross cut sled with levelled out rails that doubles as a slab flattening mill. Seems like it should be easy enough...
Hello. Just so I understand the only reason you needed that collet extension was to bridge the height Gap between your router on the rails and the work piece right?
Exactly!
Great video, will replicate
Nice work sir
Great video production values - nice build (I subscribed)
Could you add Formica to rails to reduce friction and ware?
excellent video
Great video
Great job
Hey great video. If this fits my slabs I’m going to purchase the plans and build. What is the widest slab you can flatten in this sled?
Thanks
Great video and milk!! I’m going to build mine on your concept. It looks like your rails are 3 & 4 inches tall??
Something like that I can't remember for sure but I made them taller and bought a collet extension that way I could do real thick stuff or thinner stuff
Great vid and commentating throughout the video. Have you figured a way to limit the ridges the bit makes with each pass? I am using a 1.5" flattening bit, but seem to be getting a LOT of ridges with each pass. I have tried going slower, more passes with little movement when moving the sled along the rails. Thanks.
The ridges happen because the bit is not exactly parallel to the work surface. It's tipped off axis just by a hair which causes the ridges. The only way to eliminate it is to have your setup perfect. That said, I have never been able to eliminate the ridges, even on my CNC. But they are faint and can easily be removed with sanding.
@@MWAWoodworks Ok, that explains the issue I am having. I will need to go back and make some adjustments to my sled and try to get it a little closer to perfect to help with the ridges. Thank you for your response.