A Step by Step Build Video. Then you can remove it from the sled and run it through the planer with the jointed face on the bed and BAM Flattening wide lumber on a 6-in.

Jointer can be difficult.

Woodworking To flatten those boards with my big planer I use a planer sled with a long clamp-on saw guide embedded into it to hold the board. For the past several months while I ve been on the road for work my wife Samantha has been tackling a kitchen project. The wedges stay put with hand pressure only and keep the board rock-steady on the sled. I had some 3 4 MDF laying around that I used for this With the board clamped at its ends I slip wedges under the edges to even out the high spots which maximizes my yield. In this video Rust demonstrates flattening one side of a wide board with the his planer sled.

Planer Sled Project from ShopNotes Magazine Vol. The sled allows you to adjust the board and secure it so it maintains it s position and the planer can take off the high spots until the top is flat. In many of my past live edge woodworking videos I demonstrate how you can level out an uneven piece of wood sometimes very large pieces of wood with a routing sled as one of the first steps to getting it ready for a project.If you have access to a large industrial planer or don t mind coughing up a pretty big chunk of cash to have a professional lumber mill operation level and flatten I ve been helping out where and when Now let s get to it Arlington Texas woodworker Keith Rust has developed an alternative method for surfacing lumber that makes use of his wide bench planer and a shopmade jig.

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