Planing Epoxy: Simple Router Mod and Scraper

Here is my method for quickly planing down knot hole epoxy overfill with minimal risk of gouging the wood.
You don't need a fancy or expensive router bit for this. Just get a cheap straight bit: amzn.to/2MrAmC7

[@josephkordsmeier3096]

Genius. Thanks man!

[@twobrokenarrows]

I might add that this will only work if you've already planed your board an it's completely flat. Otherwise you're going to route grooves in the high spots.

[@kivv9996]

Thank you!!!! Going to save me a lot of time!

[@keithk204]

great news! I'm actually about to release a new video on this technique on my real youtube channel (Keith's Test Garage) - it's in the works, I've used this technique for several other things throughout the past few years.

[@chadburke852]

simple and brilliant. Thank you. Just filled a wormy slab and I was dreading the planing and scraping.

[@danklindt]

Great Idea Keith!!! I have a lot of this to do on a bar I built. Gonna save me a lot of elbow grease!! Thanks for posting

[@RickMcQuay]

Good tip. Subbed.

[@ghost4776]

did this have any significant effect on the sharpness of your router bit? i've never worked with epoxy before, is a scraper a special tool for expoxy or just kinda like a light planer?

[@KeithsTestGarage]

I’m not sure. I use a cheap router bit for planing epoxy, and a nice router bit for routing wood.
The scraper is more like a light planer. Search “card scraper” and you’ll find some cool videos about how handy these things can be.

[@dalemartin7886]

Card scrapers are used in woodworking, often in lieu of sandpaper. A hand scraped surface on hardwood timber leaves a beautiful surface.