Offerman Router Thickness Planer

Nice work these are very effective.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Well done, Jeremy

-- Dale West Central Pa. Do it all, before last call.

Effective jig. Good job. How much time do you think it took to plane both sides of the piece in the pictures?
- Jay

-- Jay - http://www.jayscustomcreations.com or YouTube.com/jayscustomcreations

I have got to build one of these setups. Nice job.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

made one about 3 mouths and I love it cut down on the planing time .
looks like you did a good job have fun

-- Nimkee** Joe

Thanks everyone. JSB – I didnt time the total time, but doing 3 passes on one side, and 2 on the other probably took an hour and a half or so.

-- Jeremy - Marshfield, WI

There’s more than one way to get the job done! Looks like you found it! Nice job!

-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!

Hey Jero,
What bit do you use in your router??
Great build.

-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it.

Grumpymike: All I had was a 3/4” diameter, straight Bosch bit. Like I said before, it worked (obviously better than a smaller diameter bit), but if I do more of these, I’ll be purchasing a larger diameter bit.

-- Jeremy - Marshfield, WI

I’ve got the live edge bug as well and it takes about 2 hours to get a wide board ready for finish using an electric hand plane and sanding. The boards don,t come out perfectly flat like yours though so I may well invest in your system which looks great.

Well done.

-- chris, north wales http://salemchapelfurniture.co.uk/

Got one of these on the to do list as well. read that article about a dozen times.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Got one of these on the to do list as well. read that article about a dozen times.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Van Gogh -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

You built a very functional jig that looks like it works perfectly. I especially like how it breaks down to take up less room in storage. That seems pretty quick to flatten that slab.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

great jig, i also like that it breakesdown. are those airplane wings behind it.

-- If your not supposed to have hair on your face......why does it grow their

Great post. I read the article too and was thinking of making one as well. How big of a router bit do you dare try? What do you think you could safely get away with for something like this? What about router speed? I am thinking the bigger the bit (larger the dia), the slower you want to run? Thanks for the post!

-Will