How To Use A Router As A Planer
The ski jig will work well for this.
How to use a router as a planer. Plane Your Wood Slabs With a Planing Sled That You Build Step 1. Joint the First Board. Its actually possible to do it with your router and about 20 worth of material.
With the high spot located raise the cutter and then lower it. These screws will prevent the jig from moving side to side before the router bit cuts into the rails. Turn on your router and run some scrap material across the table using the fence to guide and support the piece.
We added an edge-jointing function to our router-table fence by simply clamping a piece of plastic laminate on the left-hand outfeed end of the fence. Planing with a jointer a tedious but do-able process is a lesser-recommended technique for finishing the faces of your boards. Use the lines to position and predrill holes for four small screws around the hole in a box pattern.
Set up the Router. Steps to Use a Router as a Jointer. Put the router on the jig and pluge down lightly until you make contact with the work and lock the plunge depth WITH THE ROUTER OFF move the jig around until it finds a high spot.
What You Need. Youll find the star knobs and T-tracks at woodworking supply stores. With the bit clear of the stock start the router and grab the jig outside the rails and start to rout in straight passes across the wood.
2 Jan 26 2010. Measure Your Wood Slabs Maximum Width and Length. All you need do is build a routing jig and mount it on the jig and you can plane thickness and even joint any stock of wood with it.