Planer Sled Jig

This woodworking jig will help those without a jointer as well as those with small jointers looking to flatten wide boards.

Planer sled jig. Learn how to turn your planer into a jointer by making a simple planer sled. Planer sled project from shopnotes magazine vol. This allows the router to pass across the board and remove an equal amount of material. It takes off a wide strip at a time but without some type of jig the total planed surface will not be perfect.

The sled is sized to fit a 12 planer and will cradle a board up to 48 long. Its a follow up from my previous post here. This sled is the answer user friendly adaptable. I decided to build it to flatten the boards.

Unfortunately warped boards are a challenge woodworkers encounter all too often. I had seen the video and was impressed with its simplicity. A thickness planer will also do this but the maximum width of board that can be passed throu. I used an 8 piece of 34 melamine and tried to support the sled all the way through and out.

The planer sled is reliable and quick to set up and adjust without using any tools. After you have the slot cut into your material youre finished and ready to use the sled. Make a lot of end grain cutting boards commercially and really dont want to take the chance and run them through the planer for safety reasons. I might add a poly coat or two to the inside just to add a smoother surface for the passes otherwise you have a jig that can now tackle any project a thickness planer cant begin to touch.

How to build a planer sled my garage woodshop. But if a board isnt warped too badly it can be salvaged with a planer and this sled. He explains how to set up and adjust the jig for good results. I tried it out with a 5 board of 84 ash.

Squaring wood with a planer jig prototype. I decided to go with the planer sled for a variety of reasons. If i could figure it out i would try making a simillar sled for my electric hand planer. In this video rust demonstrates flattening one side of a wide board with the his planer sled.

Woodhaven 3000 27 planing sled. I wasnt sure if i should post this here or the jig forum. Scalable router sled and thicknessing jig. The router planer gives very impressive results.

The plans called for 12 plywood for the top and bottom of the sled and then plastic laminate on the very bottom of the ply to make it have less friction for the planer. Build a planer sled that was showcased in fine woodworking. This sled supports the board so it doesnt flex under the pressure of the feed rollers. It has five levelers.

A common way to surface large rough boards is with a router sled.