How to flatten a workbench with a router
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2022
- Following on from my workbench video, this is how I was able to flatten or surface the using a router and a simple sled made from plywood.
Using a hand plane is a more traditional approach to this but hand planes aren't cheap and I don't own any yet. Further more, I made a pretty rough job of the original glue up which would have made hand planning very hard indeed!
The specific router bit I used:
www.carbatec.co.nz/product/19...
Similar bits from Amazon that should do the same job
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Some of my tools:
Pocket hole jig - amzn.to/3DxARVG
Woodpeckers stainless steel squares - www.woodpeck.com/woodpeckers-...
Planer/Thicknesser - www.carbatec.co.nz/product/36...
Cabinet Saw - www.carbatec.co.nz/product/17...
Jig Saw - amzn.to/3j0Eom8
Circular Saw - amzn.to/3v9Nrab
Brad point bits - amzn.to/3K6rnmK and amzn.to/3x7uAie
Right angle clamps - amzn.to/3uP9zX8 
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Found my way to you on you “Dog Hole” video, liked it, so I was deciding to check out which other videos you had when my fat thumb selected this video for me. Liked it enough to give you a subscription.
The solution with studs under the metal rails plus scraps of wood for fixing them is simple and effective. I struggled to figure out how to fix the rails on some distance from the bench top. Thanks!
Great video and very good advice regarding height of rails.
For quite a while I was not very good with a Belt sander. But with use one gets quite good with them and they work much faster than the orbital sander. When starting out you bring it in like you are landing an airplane and when done you lift off like a take off in an airplane. Easy peasy. Buy one and practice.. I actually have 2 - 80 Grit belt and then 100 grit belt. Then Random orbital sand and done.
guess i am old fashioned;) I would use my hand held jointer plane, It is very accurate, but looking at your method it would save a lot of sweating, on the other hand I would have a lot of it done by the time i had made the jig. and wouldn't have to decide if I have enough room to store the jig, they are not criticisms I look forward to seeing more from you. nice to see how the younger generation approach things
Thanks Craig
I’m ashamed to say I don’t own any hand planes, I have my eye on a few but they are very expensive and I’m not 100% sure what to buy first as there are so many different types.
@@macsworkshop well it depends what you do most, my first plane was a number 4, it will do a lot of jobs you would use a hand plane for, but i would not use for flattening the bench top the size you made, basically planes get longer and a little wider , the flatter you want something the longer it should be, cheap planes are not bad as long as you have a iron that will hold an edge, they are not as easy to set, but there is also the block plane, it really does nothing the number 4 can't do, but it is one handed, great for taking the corners off the wood before you paint. once you work on sites and find the mitre saws have been abused and don't cut correct angles you will find a plane and a small jig is a life saver;)
I use Australian redgum anf whilst i love my hand planes not for this highly flavorful figured and hard hardwood
Sweet!
Hey thanks for this am gonna do exactly as you did for my bench. Did you take the vice off? What do you use for a shop vac. Nice to see an NZ maker!
Hey Peter, nice to hear from a local 😀
I did this before I installed the vice, mainly because I did such a bad job of laminating the wood that it needed to be flattened so I had a flat surface to attach the vice to and to level the jvice jaw with (check out my vice install video to see what I did)
I currently have a cheap Ryobi shop vac and I also have a 2nd hand dust extractor that I use for my table saw and planer/thicknesser, I’d love to get a Festool shop vac one day and a stronger dust extractor ducted to my main tools, but my list is pretty long and expensive so that may be a while 🤣