Router Planer - Based on Nick Offerman's Flattening Jig
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2017
- I make Nick Offerman's router jig to flatten huge slabs easily. The flattinging jig was fatured in a article on Nick Offerman in Fine woodworking. I am in the progress of building a large table with a thick slab of spalted beech. The slab had a bit of twist and cup in it so I made this quick version of the router jig.
It worked very nice and made very quick work of flattening the slab. A few changes that would make it better: 1 - I added small stop blocks at the ends of the sled so it can't fall off the rails.
2 - The sides of the sled should have been a bit taller, because the was a bit of sag in the middle when I applied a bit too much pressure.
Apollogies for the wind noise in the beginning.
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I did not expect that router to be suited for such a job ! thanks for the video , nice work!
Great work Robin! That slab looks gorgeous
Thank you my friend!!
You may have heard the saying, "Sometimes the best work we do is on our knees." It's talking about prayer, but I think it includes any kind of work that forces us to get down on our knees, like you did in this build. I'm praying you find time to build yourself a nice big workbench. That's a lovely chunk of wood, by the way.
Huh, prayer eh? I always thought it meant something else.
Beautifull slab and simple solution to make it look great!
That slab is beautiful. Love the spaulting. Nice job.
Yeah! It was a good looking, but heeaaavy piece of wood :) Thanks for checking it out!
Great to see someone on a You Tube video use a blade guard on a table saw!! Safely is always first! Thanks for sharing Robin and awesome jig you just made. Nice work indeed!
Thanks! Yeah.. I'd like to keep al my fingers etc. haha so I try to keep the guard on whenever possible! Thanks for watching!!
Hey that is a great video. That is a cool way to make something flat. How efficient is it? How long and wide is that live edge slab? What router did you use (horse power, rpm)? What router bit? How deep was the bit set when doing one pass?
These are some questions I have. Thanks for the answers in advance.
bro nice work. what brand of table saw you are using?
Super simple love your design ... cool dog
How do you keep the router bit from sliding off
You should set a "limiter" on both ends of the rail to ensure it doesn't fall on the workpiece while the router is running.
Yonathan Zarkovian Good point, absolutely necessary! I attached some stop blocks after about 5 minutes of use.. I did not tape it though that's why it's not in the video. Thanks for watching!!
Nice, i have an old table here, thinking of doing an inlay with Portuguese tiles, and use this method to cut out the area for the inlay.
That might work! Give it a try and good luck 👍 Thanks for watching!
Good job!!! You need a work table as bad as I do... thanks for the video 😊
Absolutely! Every time I want to do something I want one, sadly I don't get a whole lot of time to do this kind of thing lately. Someday.. ;) Thanks for watching!
Also, get some worktables! :D
Are you from belgium or the nederlands if i may ask
Good work, but I'm curious if you leveled the jig? Your driveway or garage floor definately aren't perfectly flat, so if a corner is drooping you are just routing a twist into the slab.
Yes!! I used shims to carefully bring the whole thing into one plane.. the ground definitely was not flat.
Very good.
Tough tough work but looks great!
1:06 zag ik daar een tasje koffie staan😁 leuke video, mooi slab hout. Waar koop je deze ?
Jep ☺ Je moet zoeken naar een houthandelaar die zelf de volledige bomen verzaagt. Ik heb deze gekocht bij Coomans (geen familie 😜) in Laakdal, slechts 5 min rijden voor mij, dus dat kwam mooi uit.
thanks robin 👏
I have the same router model as you (Makita) and router sled. It happens to me that while working, the locking lever loosens itself and the router "jumps up". I need to set the exact depth again to continue. Possible vibration... But it is annoying. Do you have a similar experience with this router?
Your one of those on your knees carpenters
what is a miracle milling machine model?
You mean the little router I used? It's a Makita RT0700. Thanks for watching!
Yes. That sag in the middle is a pain. I ended up using right angle shelving brackets.
Great idea! It sure is annoying, I ended up using a real light touch to slide the router in the sled, that way it did stay flat too. Thanks for watching!
Hi, which type of bit have you used?
Mikele Zzi miei just a regular straight bit (the ones with 2 cutters), I think it was 18mm (3/4”)
2" wide cutter available for 20-30$
I admire your work but this is in no way the same design as Nick Offerman's from that FWW article. I just built a mini version of it and the best feature is the height adjust-ability offered by the connected box ends that also have stop limiters to keep the sled on the rails. Good for you on your project, though.
To be fair, he says"based on" which does not at all imply it's the same design.
Thanks
leuk! als je nog bladen zoekt; ik zaag slabs met mijn alaskan chainsaw; heb wel eens wat liggen
Bedankt! Jep, ik ga binnenkort (waarschijnlijk) nog zo een tafel maken dus ik ben geïnteresseerd! Van waar ben je? Want de zagerij waar ik deze heb gehaald is letterlijk 5 minuten van de deur.
Why don't i see anyone use that same method but use electric hand planer instead of a router?Would that not do more?.coz the planer has 2 wider blades than a router
Hi, before I did this I was thinking of buying an electric planer to try what you just said! In the end I obviously didn't because I had the router and I knew that would work.. but who knows maybe the planer would be better?! Thanks for watching!
I think a planer would require less passes wouldn't it.i also don't know what would happen.But i'm planing to do so.But m scared because i don't see many woodworkers doing it???
Let me know when you do! There is nothing that can really go wrong I think.. so give it a try! I think most use a big router that can make a very deep cut in one pass, so that way the router is probably faster but I'm not sure.
ok.i'll try it.thanks
Hand held planer has no depth adjustment. Thats why you use a router
I never work on the ground like that..I will build a huge table
first
There has to be a way to automate this. Time to hit the drawing board.
It sure does exist, it's called a big CNC router ;) very expensive! This method works fine if you don't do it very often. And even if you do it is pretty fast I would just make it a bit nicer and permanent. Thanks for watching!
I know of it. What I mean there is some way one of us out here that can figure out a DIY way to more or less automate this so it's not done completely by hand. Call me lazy, lol.
Oh okay haha :) I wouldn't mind that!
CNC is hardly DIY
Slow down dude, you're gonna hurt yourself!
Should've built a work bench first to save your back!
/s
Nice work!
Video is making me a little dizzy
Get you a work bench 🤣🤣🤣🤣 wow
No lo agan la frezadora se pude sobrecalentar y ademas no es para eso es para aser molduras mejor ve a una madereria y te la sepillan como en 30segundo. Y gastas menos eso de andar asiendo inventos caros
Why do you work hunched over on the ground. Good horses are cheap and quick to produce. Work smart not hard. Your body will thank you in the future
It's also hard work to out this slab on some saw horses! Thanks for watching!
Sometimes working with something that heavy is easier to just leave it at ground level. Maybe when he had to flip it over he was by himself.
nice job but worst post production i've ever seen.
Hahaha thanks.. sort of, you mean the video itself is shit? Filming was very low priority in this case. Thanks for watching though!
So I did it too :D just using Stodoys woodworking plans :)