Probably the Easiest Router Sled out there ( Flattening a Live Edge Slab without a Planer)

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!

Big thanks to all my patrons especially Sithis Michaelis and Larry Radcliffe!


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[ateleskier]

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.

[crossgrainwoodproductsltd]

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!

[heru-deshet]

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!

[tomterrif]

I have watched several videos on router sleds, this is by far the simplest! I am going to build one soon, thanks.

[brianfoley]

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.

[thecityofficial]

This just became my fav wood working channel on YouTube

[nobbyroj]

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

[JetSkiBuyFixPlaySellChannel]

Very cool sound effects. Sure beats the normal machine racket blasting your ears in most videos!

[gutierrezc]

Love the sound effects and music. That's awesome.

[davidgomez]

Love the sound effects. So much better than hearing the loud sound of the router or drill. Overall, nice job

[HyperactiveNeuron]

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.

[mattberg]

You got the coolest sounding tools. Mine are all just really loud

[stus]

Thank you! You've no idea how helpful that will be. Quality music and sound effects to boot

[UnpimpYourAuto]

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.

[killab]

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!

[garagemonkeysan]

So creative and entertaining! Now every time I use a center punch, I'm going to think, Pew! Pew! Thanks for sharing! : )

[billy]

Super simple and a beautiful piece of wood! Thanks for sharing.

[BellyUpFishGarage]

Being an ear bud user, I'm digging your audio editing! Thank you!

[paulatapogna]

Thanks for this great idea. I made a version of it today and it worked like a charm!

[danthemakerman]

My kind of build simple and effective. Well done!