River table question

[Jacob]

@Jsabinpa In short, the Maslow cannot plane a surface smooth, however, you can use a maslow to help build a router jig that will allow you to do just that. Here’s a link to the cut files: Slab Flattening Router Jig

EDIT: You are on the right track as far as CNCs in general, btw. Some CNCs do allow you to smooth rough-cut lumber, but short of spending $8k+ for one of those (Gantry-based machines), using the manual process really isn’t a bad way to go. I did it for this table project: Legs for Kitchen Table

Here’s the specific post talking about flattening the slab:

Slab Flattening - Router Sled Jig - Design and Construction

You may have already seen, but I’m working on a kitchen table for my apartment. Part of the discussion last week was how to flatten large slabs without a large planer. As a follow up to that discussion, I wanted to post my approach to the problem, and how I used the maslow to help solve it. First, here’s the overall design I drafted in fusion 360: [Slab%20Flattening%20-%20Render] Next we have the basic dimensions of the jig. I designed it to fit over a set of 24-30in slabs, assembled with …

I used this bit: http://a.co/2LUitlL
(And depending on your router,
you may also want this extender to make the job easier: http://a.co/az2abLt)

Hope this helps!