Router planer jig. If your budget wont allow for a planer just yet we have a solution. The moveable sled will fit virtually any make or model of fixed base router and a pair of holddowns keep workpieces firmly planted while you work. I make nick offermans router jig to flatten huge slabs easily. In use the screws will stop any side to side movement of the jig before the router bit can cut into the rails.
I only have a planner that can handle wood up to 12 an a half inches. This piece was warpped craked and cupped everywhere. No planerthicknesser or maybe its not wide enough. If you have a router then this router planing jig might be right up your streeti built mine as an improvement over what ive used in the past to plane wide planks for waterfall tables.
Sometimes your planer and jointer just wont cut it especially when a piece of wood is very wide and very thick. The flattinging jig was fatured in a article on nick offerman in fine woodworking. See and discover other items. Make a router planing jig.
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If you have a beautiful thick piece of timber that is too wide to use your planer you can get the face of the wood parallel and smooth using a router and a jig. Surface rough lumber with a router. I am in the progress of building a large table. A router is a simple and accurate way to plane wood while saving time and energy.
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