Building a Linear Rail Router Sled for Less Than $400!
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- Опубликовано: 13 янв 2023
- Building a router sled/slab flattening jig using Linear Guide Rails. A must have for anyone that takes pride in transforming your projects from tree in the woods to finished product. Super simple build that requires just a few off the shelf parts. Parts list and links below! Happy to answer any questions or help out anyone looking to build their own! Also open to constructive criticism!
$503.28 (Local NC Prices) For everything you need to build your own setup...including the router!! Could also be used to cut mortises, tongue and groove joints, etc!
2x 2000mm Linear Rail Sets (4 total) -www.amazon.com/dp/B07DCV98HL?...
1x 12''x1/4'' Plexiglass Sheet - www.amazon.com/dp/B092L28RM6?...
8x 10x32x3/4'' Socket Cap Screws - www.amazon.com/Prime-Line-916...
1 Box Metal to Wood Screws - www.lowes.com/pd/Teks-9-x-1-i...
Router Collet Extension - www.amazon.com/dp/B078VWDDNR?...
Countersink Bits - www.amazon.com/dp/B0B1N9DT55?...
Flattening Bit - www.amazon.com/dp/B085QGLHB4?...
Router - www.lowes.com/pd/SKIL-14-Amp-...
1x 3/4''' Plywood/MDF Sheet (Bed) - www.lowes.com/pd/MDF-Actual-0...
2x 2x4x8 (Risers)
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Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I hope to see more amazing work from you!
Thank you! I’ve got more on the way soon!
Thanks for this video. Helped me a lot with my final decision on my parts list & final assembly. Great job. 👍
Thanks @ronaldlough1133!! Glad it helped!
Nicely done. I've good most of the materials, but really helpful seeing your process to build it. Thanks.
Thanks man! Glad it was helpful! I've made some improvements in the past few months that I'll try to share soon!
Nice job!
Thanks!!
Sticky keys…super cool
Thanks @tonybland8684!!
Happy New Year from Auckland, New Zealand ...like ya large workshop ...great video ...
Thanks man! Love my big shop, just wish I was better about keeping it organized!
supper cool.
Thanks man!
WOW! That is some chisel. Nice sled too: thanks for sharing. You got a sub.
Saintfredrocks thank you! Haven’t posted much lately due to having our first child but I’ll be back to it soon!
great job it helped me a lot . I wanna do nearly the same ......thanks bro :-) nice work
Thanks man! Glad it was helpful! I've made some improvements in the past few months that I'll try to share soon!
Great looking router sledge for leveling projects. What were your final dimensions on your risers? I would suggest that you put up either "J" or " I " hook above your table to hang your extension and power cord to keep out of your work area.
Thank! It’s a big improvement over the simpler angle iron jig I used for the last couple years! I think those were 2” risers, but I’ve already decided to make those a little taller as I ran into a couple thicker pieces that it won’t clear. Normally my power cord is kept clear by the retractable reel on the ceiling, but it started shorting that day…..always something!
Great build thanks for sharing it. When I built my panel saw I included a sled for my 3 1/4hp router so large surfacing jobs could be done on it. I like to make tables. It's great at dados on base cabinets. I'm trying to make a radius frame for the panel saw. Anyone got any thoughts? Looking forward to more videos.
Thanks Joe! Haven’t had a need for a panel saw yet, but could definitely see myself needing 1 in the future. Have any video build recommendations?
Joe Longstaff, do you have a video and/or drawing plans for your panel saw? I have a basic idea of how I want to do mine, but if I had a different perspective to bounce mine off of, I believe I would have a very good setup. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, hope all is well.
the algorithm got me too. last year it was old bed frame and rail casters ... the slop and racking stupidity and now chasing that dragon of linear rails. now if i could only fix the electric bill for 100kwh from running the router.
Ha yes the linear rails make it super easy! My power bill hasn’t gone up too much, but the amount of shavings it produces is ridiculous!
Really nice! I was thinking of making the sam. Where did you order the rails and slides?
Yea man no worries! If any of the links do t work just let me know!
NICE, looking forward to more from you. I'm new to the craft but the round is not new to me. Was it green when you taped it? Why did you tape it? Did you treat it? My rounds are oak cut in 2021 (spring) but most have split and not evenly cut by the person I hired to slice the logs-lesson learned. Are you willing to share how to preserve a green round properly? I didn't worry because I planned to use the rounds like stepping stones for a walkway and rustic garden tables, benches and a pergola base, until I figured out the actual expense for Unfinished Everything. I'm going on 2 years with nothing to show for it. I've checked out kiln processes, air dry and solar kilns, as well as interior dries using wood stickers and a dehumidifier in a closed room/space. I will put these rounds in the ground this year, Oak will last until it doesn't but there's a lot I need to learn. I'm up North, but I am patient; Any suggestions?
Thanks Tammy! I sawed those slabs off of a trunk that was left at my moms house about 2 years ago. I didn’t treat them with anything, just stickered and stacked in my old dairy barn to dry…thankfully that part of our property has a nice breeze nearly all the time so I stacked them in front of an opening to help the drying process. End grain cookies dry significantly faster than plain/quarter/rift sawn lumber so in a little less than a year they were all down to
Did I see you use a bit extender on your router? How was the vibration? I have one but haven't tried it yet.
Yep, originally I had to use the collet extension but I have recently built a dropped sled to work around that. The collet extension worked well until the bit snagged one good time and knocked the collet out of true so it picked up a pretty good vibration.
Thx
Thank you!!
what size screws did you use in the blocks?
Not sure if they’re common across all makes, but these were 3/4” 10/32. Link to all the parts in the description!
OOOps! I saw it in the description.
Yea man no worries! If any of the links do t work just let me know!
you missed showing one crucial step. ensuring that the rails are co planar. did you use the string method?
Honestly can't say i did anything further than ensure the risers were of equal height and attached to a flat surface. Not resurfacing an engine block, so if its ~1/16th I'm pretty happy. Have any good examples?
For shorter pieces I just attach two wooden rails to my bench and go at it. For pieces that extend beyond the length of my bench (6-8 ft) I use the string method. I attach string trimmer string from one end to the opposing end and do the same for the remaining two ends. This forms a cross which meets in the middle. With a small piece of the same string I shim the top string at each end. Adjusting the rails so the strings just touch in the middle ensures the rails are co planar.
Ahh yea I got ya! I’ve got a 16’ conference table in the works so I may be giving that a shot! Thanks for the info
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Thank you!!
Скажите пожалуйста размер высоты от стола лица до фрезы?
The runners are 4” on this one, but could be pretty easily swapped for thicker or thinner workpieces
You wouldn't have to squint if you put your safety glasses down but awsome job!
But then what would hold my hair in place!? Thanks man
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Thanks!
Nice job. BTW, you don’t have to show how you remove the plastic cover.😅
Thanks! Never know, there might be that 1 person out there that’s been leaving it on this whole time and just had a lightbulb moment!
@@FlyingCWoodworks You can take the plastic off?💡
I built mine for less than $200
Right on man! Probably could’ve pinched a few penny’s here and there I guess!
I built mine for less then $100.00
Verryy niiice
Thanks man!
Your welcome
I know you peeped my video 👍
Haha yours and a few dozen others in the process of planning it out! Thanks for the inspiration