Flattening A Table Top With A Router

He had seen my river table check it out here and wanted some help with the process and i was pumped to lend a hand.

Flattening a table top with a router. Take your dimensions of your router and bit and apply it to your sleds dimensions. And then show you how i use mine. I am flattening a 32 x 72 x1 14 thick table top. I also made the hole for the router bit 1 12 wide.

I dont have a confirmed flat surface to lay it so im wondering how i can apply this technique to flatten the top. The router base was 5 34 so i made the inside width of the sled 5 78 the router will fit into this with an offset of 18. I used a 1 strait bit and a 30mm template guide with my of 1400 router. Its time to rev up the router and start flattening.

The router sled is very easy to make from scrap 34 plywood. So i showed mike a super simple 10 minute router flattening jig to make out lives a ton simpler. In this video i go over the process i use to make a diy router sled aka. A router is placed inside a sled that rides along two parallel rails that are attached to the sides of the bench.

One has to take shallow cuts and it makes a mess but worked very well. To adjust your routers straight bit for the correct cutting depth use a straightedge and tape measure as shown in photo c to find the lowest spot on the bench. The rails can be. He purchased some resin and some amazing olive wood cookies and we knew it would need a special jig to get it flat.

Below are pictures of the process. Toolsproducts used in. Hope this helps out. Then place the router carrier onto the carrier supports so its slot centers over the low spot.

Ive always wanted to try the festool mfs routing slide and recently i got a commission to build a vanity desk using a myrtle slab top.