Lee Valley Router Sled Hardware Kit

Lee Valley hardware kit for building a large-capacity router sled for flattening slabs. The assembled sled lets you pass your router back and forth in an XY-plane to consistently flatten an entire slab.

Combined with materials you supply, it is an excellent option for milling live-edge slabs too large for a jointer and thickness planer, or wood with difficult grain such as crotch wood, burls or knots. It includes a CNC-routed Baltic birch router carrier and a pair of trunnions, plus U-bolts, hex nuts, washers and nylon wheels. The wheels strung onto the U-bolts form the glide mechanism that lets the carrier travel along the rails.

To build the sled you need nominal 1 1/2" electrical metallic tubing (EMT), tools and a router with a suitable flattening bit. If you don't have a suitable support surface, the instructions include a plan for a supporting frame with adjustable risers for workpieces of varying thickness. A way to flatten slabs without buying a costly flattening mill. Made in Canada.