Router setup for slavanap

But be careful when choosing a slab. Good slabs take time and experience to be properly cut and dried. Depending on the size and species, a slab may take as many as two years of air drying before it can make its way into a kiln. The old adage of drying lumber for one year per inch of thickness goes out the window for air dried slabs as well.

I've found it can take double that for such large chunks of timber. Don't forget that once you have the slab, give it time to acclimate to your shop just like any other piece of lumber. Because slabs are typically larger and thicker I try to give them at least a week of acclimation per inch of thickness before I start cutting.

If I plan to cut the slab down to a smaller size or even into a couple of pieces I try to give at least another week to acclimate after the initial rough cutting to allow the slab to adjust to its new form. I also rough-cut the slab to size because I don't want to waste time and energy flattening large areas that will just be cut off later. A planing sled can be as simple as a sled box and sled bridge. The box acts as a pair parallel rails and the bridge holds the router and allows it to slide back and forth along the rails, creating a flat surface on the slab.

One way I have found to rough a slab to length is to use a circular saw or track saw to cut as deep as possible. Follow that with a reciprocating saw to finish the cut. The saw kerf from the track saw makes it easy to finish the cut without wandering. A jig saw can get the job done, as well, if needed. With the slab in the box you can shim the slab to make the top of the slab as level as possible. Use the bottom edges of the bridge as a reference to make sure the slab is where you want it.

Once the slab is acclimated and to rough size it is time to build a planing sled. A planing sled is basically a set of rails that are co-planer and a bridge that holds a router so that the bit in the router can cut a flat surface without following the highs and lows of the slab.

When the next slab project comes along, I'll just build another sled. Click here to download a PDF drawing of the sled I built. I use pocket screws to build my sled, they are perfect for this type of project. Pictured is the bottom of the Sled Bridge. The sled itself is simple. The size of the sled box depends on the size of the slab. My slab measures 3" x 32" x 84". I like to make the box 12" larger in both length and width. The extra width is so that the bit does not stop over the slab which helps eliminate any chance of burning or swirl marks from the bit spinning over the slab.

The extra length ensures that the sled bridge is supported fully when planing the very ends of the slab. I also make the box at least 6" deep. This provides plenty of material to tie the box together and gives room to shim the slab. I used a Kreg Pocket Screw System to put all the pieces together. The second part of the sled is a bridge that holds the router and rides on top of the sled box. This bridge is also just a fancy box.

The bridge is long enough to straddle the sled box. The ends of the bridge overlap the box sides to allow clamping the bridge in position with each router pass. The bridge also has a slot for the router bit. You can use the Mega Dado Planer bit to make a zero-clearance slot. I like to have a little more room and make the slot 4" wide and long enough so that the bit doesn't interfere when the router is at either end of the bridge.

Be sure to check out the PDF drawings of my sled. The dimensions can easily be modified for a slab of just about any size. There's also a 3D SketchUp model you can download from our web site and modify to suit your needs. The Planing Sled can be tailored to the slab or project being flattened. The key is to oversize the sled in all three dimensions so that the router can plane the entire surface.

The final piece of the sled is the router itself. I use a Triton 3. I wrote a blog specifically about this router bit titled " Go Big or Go Home " definitely check it out if you want the finer details on this awesome router bit. The base plate is important because it keeps the router on track as it slides back and forth across the sled bridge and allows the router bit to do its thing.

I have never had a problem with the router bouncing or bucking but you could add a set of hold down strips to the bridge to keep the base plate from lifting. Because the router bit cuts from the side and not straight down like a drill bit I have never found the need for the hold downs, but could be helpful to keep the router on track especially on wider slabs.

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