Building a Linear Rail Router Sled for Less Than $400!

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Жыл бұрын

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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@itsnotreallyme5547 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! I hope to see more amazing work from you!

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ve got more on the way soon!

@ronaldlough1133 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. Helped me a lot with my final decision on my parts list & final assembly. Great job. 👍

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks @ronaldlough1133!! Glad it helped!

@jplieurance 4 ай бұрын

Nicely done. I've good most of the materials, but really helpful seeing your process to build it. Thanks.

@FlyingCWoodworks 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Glad it was helpful! I've made some improvements in the past few months that I'll try to share soon!

@thewoodworkersjourney3314 Жыл бұрын

Nice job!

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@peterstevens6555 6 ай бұрын

Happy New Year from Auckland, New Zealand ...like ya large workshop ...great video ...

@FlyingCWoodworks 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Love my big shop, just wish I was better about keeping it organized!

@SaintFredrocks Жыл бұрын

WOW! That is some chisel. Nice sled too: thanks for sharing. You got a sub.

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Saintfredrocks thank you! Haven’t posted much lately due to having our first child but I’ll be back to it soon!

@tonybland8684 Жыл бұрын

supper cool.

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@tonybland8684 Жыл бұрын

Sticky keys…super cool

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks @tonybland8684!!

@titol34 5 ай бұрын

great job it helped me a lot . I wanna do nearly the same ......thanks bro :-) nice work

@FlyingCWoodworks 4 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Glad it was helpful! I've made some improvements in the past few months that I'll try to share soon!

@joelongstaff7601 Жыл бұрын

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.

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

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?

@ronaldlough1133 Жыл бұрын

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.

@kencross25 Жыл бұрын

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.

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

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!

@jthadcast Жыл бұрын

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.

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

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!

@rayfischer9936 Жыл бұрын

Really nice! I was thinking of making the sam. Where did you order the rails and slides?

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Yea man no worries! If any of the links do t work just let me know!

@tammy3377 Жыл бұрын

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?

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

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

@lloydricky6267 Жыл бұрын

Thx

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@rayfischer9936 Жыл бұрын

OOOps! I saw it in the description.

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Yea man no worries! If any of the links do t work just let me know!

@robertstark796 Жыл бұрын

what size screws did you use in the blocks?

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Not sure if they’re common across all makes, but these were 3/4” 10/32. Link to all the parts in the description!

@JohnWaclawski 4 ай бұрын

Did I see you use a bit extender on your router? How was the vibration? I have one but haven't tried it yet.

@FlyingCWoodworks 4 ай бұрын

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.

@55vdub Жыл бұрын

you missed showing one crucial step. ensuring that the rails are co planar. did you use the string method?

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

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?

@55vdub Жыл бұрын

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.

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

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

@RosLesRF Жыл бұрын

Молодец

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@RosLesRF Жыл бұрын

Скажите пожалуйста размер высоты от стола лица до фрезы?

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

The runners are 4” on this one, but could be pretty easily swapped for thicker or thinner workpieces

@terrymacneill8545 Жыл бұрын

You wouldn't have to squint if you put your safety glasses down but awsome job!

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

But then what would hold my hair in place!? Thanks man

@GalipUlus 9 ай бұрын

💯💢

@FlyingCWoodworks 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@binchen8560 Жыл бұрын

Nice job. BTW, you don’t have to show how you remove the plastic cover.😅

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

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!

@SaintFredrocks Жыл бұрын

@@FlyingCWoodworks You can take the plastic off?💡

@jimputnam7539 Жыл бұрын

I built mine for less than $200

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Right on man! Probably could’ve pinched a few penny’s here and there I guess!

@timyedo6510 7 ай бұрын

I built mine for less then $100.00

@jacobswedberg1402 Жыл бұрын

Verryy niiice

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

@jacobswedberg1402 Жыл бұрын

Your welcome

@jacobswedberg1402 Жыл бұрын

I know you peeped my video 👍

@FlyingCWoodworks Жыл бұрын

Haha yours and a few dozen others in the process of planning it out! Thanks for the inspiration