How To Level A Wood Slab With A Router
With the sled built and the slab leveled it is time to start planing.
How to level a wood slab with a router. In the past I was doing all of the leveling of the slabs with hand planes which was a lot of heavy work sometimes taking days to do just one slab now the process is able to be reduced to no. Blocks fastened tight against the sides of the slab keep it from moving if gravity fails. Generally you want to remove the least amount of wood to create a level surface.
The only tricky part of this process if there is one is making sure the two guide rails are not only parallel to one another but also. It was over 3 thick and weighed 505. The rails can be made from 26 construction-grade lumber.
I had a big project and. I have also written a article about this with all the details on m. Thin wedges can be used for fine-tuning.
Timber slab planing with a router is popular due to size limitations andor cost of large-capacity thicknessers. It works relatively quickly leaving only a few. Following is a more detailed explanation.
Finally Ive gotten around to building a router flattening sled for leveling all of the slabs that I have. Chuck a 34 diameter or larger straight bit into your router and set it so that it is cutting about 18-inch deep. With the bit clear of the stock start the router and grab the jig outside the rails and start to rout in.
I go through all the steps of how I flatten a slab right on my workbench using a router. Slab leveling router sled. Router Guide for Leveling Large Slabs.