# River table question

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**Created:** [July 30, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/river-table-question/5301 "2018-07-30T20:12:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 30, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/river-table-question/5301/3 "2018-07-30T20:37:41Z")

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@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](http://maslowcommunitygarden.org/Slab-Flattening-Router-Jig.html)

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](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/legs-for-kitchen-table/3951)

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

> [@Slab Flattening - Router Sled Jig - Design and Construction](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/slab-flattening-router-sled-jig-design-and-construction/4218):
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> 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: 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](http://a.co/2LUitlL)  
(And depending on your router,  
you may also want this extender to make the job easier: [http://a.co/az2abLt](http://a.co/az2abLt))

Hope this helps!

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