Making A Router Sled

How to make a router sled slab flattening mill.

Making a router sled. A half sheet of 3 4 ply and your plunge router is about all you really need to. My router can be found here. Making the router sled rails. Assembling the sled carriage.

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 cut six total 48 strips 2 4 strips for the base of the rails. This is really a simple build.

Cutting the bottom of the sled carriage. My router has a 6 base plate so be sure to adjust the plans according to your router. How to make a router sled to flatten slabs step 1. To cut the bottom of the sled.

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. In this video i make super fast and simple router flattening sled for a combo build with mike montgomery from modern builds. Gather materials and get stoked cause this thing works like a champ 2 x 2 x 4 pieces of mdf wood 1 2 thick. Cut the rail parts.

1 5 bottom cleaning router bit drill bit large enough for the bolts to fit through 1 5 wood screws wood glue drill jigsaw circle saw or table saw tape measure.