HOW TO BUILD A ROUTER SLED / SLAB FLATTENING MILL

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@engineer3112 10 месяцев назад

I'm used to larger, corded routers ru-vid.comUgkxfQ5_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.

@jimsly1841 2 года назад

Have you ever noticed how close your palm comes to your table saw blade?

@isabelromero4690 3 года назад

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 🙏🏼

@denverrenfro2933 4 года назад

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!

@PapaStitch 4 года назад

Just came across you on TikTok and man am I glad to see you’re on RU-vid 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.

@toddsin8611 3 года назад

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! 👍🏽

@kaheka60 Год назад

Heck no…it shud be a criticism. Be safer in your future videos,

@adamauzmendi7851 Год назад

I was literally thinking the exact same thing

@polczym Год назад

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.

@feversol 3 года назад

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.

@tonygreer611 4 года назад

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!!!

@charlesthomas9294 3 года назад

This is the best home-built jig I've seen. Totally going to make this.

@craigbraid6659 Год назад

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.

@denisduval7788 Год назад

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

@KangaBear99 4 года назад

Thanks from the land down under. Loved it. So simple but effective.

@gusgranrath1840 Год назад

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!!

@arlinsittler8258 Год назад

Just finished making this. Thx for the detailed steps. Allowed me to tackle this with confidence

@MWAWoodworks Год назад

Thank you for the kind words! 😀

@grahamh1067 3 года назад

excellent video, everything i needed to know to build a sled to flatten the top of my new work bench! thank you

@BAS55sd Год назад

Very helpful, thanks for taking the time to film and share!

@tonyborzumato8510 2 года назад

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.

@elisabetesantos6733 4 года назад

É o melhor jig com tupia que já vi. Super fácil de fazer e o resultado é excelente.

@markhopkins7204 2 года назад

yep! I'm next on the "gonna build one just like this" list...thanks for sharing!

@morky_mork 5 лет назад

Found the video on wood writing reddit, great video. Subscribed and looking forward to more! Keep it up bud!

@davidburns1753 3 года назад

Thank You!! Just what I needed. Very well done my friend.

@MrSteen12 2 года назад

Finally a usefull tutorial. I'll make one for my self. Thank you.

@paulscott3266 2 года назад

Outstanding production values.

@jplieurance 2 года назад

Great design and looks like it works well. Thanks for the tips!

@davidgood2598 4 года назад

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

@MWAWoodworks 4 года назад

you are very welcome! Good luck with your boards!

@chrisnovak5161 2 года назад

Well done. This is how I’m going to build mine now. Thanks!!!

@williammcnabb1354 2 года назад

Depending on outside temps tomorrow...I might try to build this too. Great job!

@capitaldd5840 3 года назад

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....🥃

@josephmac19 4 года назад

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

@jimbown6105 2 года назад

Great video. The KISS principle works again. Thanks.

@mountainsagewoodworks4663 3 года назад

Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

@gayneclifford1690 3 года назад

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.

@uvaldoordonez8353 2 года назад

Great Job... Loved your instructions and results.

@Motown454 4 года назад

That's a beautiful piece.

@jamiemills954 2 года назад

Awesome video. Informative and to the point. Thank you for sharing to help others.

@pettigrewwoodworks 4 года назад

Nice version. Thanks for sharing.

@edgiesbrecht3418 4 года назад

Thank for the design.

@davidselwyn142 4 года назад

I Like it I will give it try this summer, if it works to my HS shop it goes for my students

@mersvv 2 года назад

Thank you! Your videos are awesome!

@kylesullivan47 Год назад

I like this approach a lot, will make

@williambranham6249 2 года назад

Excellent video.

@leppertboy 4 года назад

Thank you for sharing.

@joshlock8435 4 года назад

Big help! Thank you very much.

@johnss7754 Год назад

Great video. Thanks. Just what I intend to build.

@adrianabshire 4 года назад

Was considering buying the $800 WoodPeckers unit until I saw this!!! Thanks and great build!

@MWAWoodworks 4 года назад

This is a great alternative 👍

@shawnhughes7760 Год назад

This is very helpful. Thanks!

@jefflong1533 2 года назад

This is awesome! Thank you!

@floydc3664 Год назад

Great tutorial

@davidbriscoe822 5 лет назад

Great video production values - nice build (I subscribed)

@vernonsteinkamp1088 4 года назад

Excellent set up.

@MWAWoodworks 4 года назад

Thank you

@larrycrawford1984 Год назад

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.

@natenator76 5 месяцев назад

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

@miketabar2327 5 лет назад

Nice video and build. Thanks

@timesproducts4343 3 года назад

great invention thanks , yusuff

@UncleSarkis 3 года назад

Thank you. I love the way you made your jig. Going to have to make one too. Thank you for sharing.

@CunninghamWoodWork 5 лет назад

Very nice setup Matt.

@MWAWoodworks 5 лет назад

Thank you brother! It's a neat jig to have.

@SOSO4634 5 лет назад

Very good and very helpful 👍

@glennryzebol4472 3 года назад

great video bro. ill for sure have to make one of these.

@palitsalagivickers4588 2 года назад

Thanks!

@megastineau 2 года назад

Very informative video!

@FredMcIntyre 5 лет назад

Nicely done! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

@MWAWoodworks 5 лет назад

thank you Fred! Gracious as always.

@ellisonmade 3 года назад

Dude. This is so good.

@MWAWoodworks 3 года назад

🤣🤣🤣 thanks!

@befmx31 Год назад

Very good video and a BIG THANK YOU for waiting to the end to ask me to subscribe.

@daviddejulio863 3 года назад

Great video thank you

@josephdufresne7813 2 года назад

Love it

@tinyswoodworking5953 Год назад

Man you make it look 👀 easy

@Watson1 3 года назад

Great, thank you

@ryans.2568 3 года назад

Great video, will replicate

@glennmacneil549 Год назад

Wd40 dry lubricant and an extension collet was valuable info thanks

@christopherwagner2827 5 лет назад

Great Video! How did you make the awesome fence for your table saw?

@byLokie 4 года назад

Nice work sir

@ffherrleistdabei 4 года назад

Great job

@dilippatel3268 4 года назад

excellent video

@IamFormaggio 4 года назад

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.

@CoreyLaGray 4 года назад

Learned something today, I need a collet extension. Seriously though, good video.

@MWAWoodworks 4 года назад

It's a super handy tool 👍

@toddgerhardt128 4 года назад

Great video

@melissafreeman1333 4 года назад

Thank you

@rongiesbrecht5728 Год назад

Great milling method and just so happens I am also building a butcher block!

@MWAWoodworks Год назад

Nice!

@herenthere10 4 года назад

Could you add Formica to rails to reduce friction and ware?

@coreyghayes 2 года назад

Here for the algorithm. Cheers.

@A6Legit Год назад

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.

@AK-de3ej 4 года назад

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.

@DannyZhang 3 года назад

Nice vid! On a different note, which product mask you are wearing in this vid? It looks like something that I need.

@hrbekroenick 4 года назад

Great stuff, thanks for sharing!

@2004mikerush 10 месяцев назад

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?

@valveman12 5 лет назад

Came here from Instructables. Great build! Subscribed

@MWAWoodworks 5 лет назад

Sweeeet! Thanks so much!

@AllenSchmidtSr 5 лет назад

Ha!! Me too! Great build video. Now to go back to the Instructable!! Thanks!

@thepopo2323 Год назад

Nice job, thanks for sharing your experience, i’ll build something like that soon. New subs :)

@MWAWoodworks Год назад

Thanks

@bobdylan941 4 года назад

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!

@timahern8670 Год назад

like that saw fence

@MWAWoodworks Год назад

I have a video and plans for it 😉

@MrBritrider 6 месяцев назад

Did you buff out the gobs of wax that you applied?

@danielkirby3103 3 года назад

Dude. How do you have 1 dislike for this? Let alone 45??? Great sled. Thanks!

@nitrousblast1 Год назад

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

@42Channel42 4 года назад

Hand 🖐 sooooo close to table saw blade (Amazing video though! Very well explained)

@DADT12 4 года назад

Great video and milk!! I’m going to build mine on your concept. It looks like your rails are 3 & 4 inches tall??

@MWAWoodworks 4 года назад

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

@nmd4332 2 года назад

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.

@J-D248 2 года назад

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.

@tomjackson7022 Год назад

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.

@tcbridges 3 года назад

Very nice I order you plans . What kind of wood was that to made that butcher block cutting board. Want to make the little lady one.

@laurieeckman4804 3 года назад

THakns for the information on the slide, it will be helpful when i go to build my own and i hope to see more videos in the future for mew ideas in the shop do you have a facebook page that can be followed?

@blackhorse2947 4 месяца назад

Question: Do you think 3/4 inch MDF would be feasible for this project……? You have a new subscriber now

@SomeDudeOnline 8 месяцев назад

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.

@MWAWoodworks 8 месяцев назад

I didnt either! That was a game changing discovery.