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Slab Flattening Jig- Build or Buy

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(from WoodNet.net)


Thoughts on buying the jig below. I know, Vevor, right? How bad can it be? OK, maybe I don't want to know theanswer to that. I know othersmake good ones for $600-ish. I also know there are dozens/ hundreds of build your own videos out there. I know myself well enough that I will never spend more than $200 to buy one so those are out. I also know it's unlikely that I'll ever get enough round-to-its saved up to build my own in the foreseeable future. Primary use would be to flatten my workbench top and get rid of some battle scars. 20+ years old and it's due. Secondary, I'd like to have a dedicated jig to flatten the occasional live edge/ wide slab I come across. I'm getting into sawmilling so I see having some nice slabs to flatten down the road. If this thing isn't a total piece of junk I think it's got everything I need (for now) and nothing I don't and the price is worth it to me if it makes the job easier. Thoughts?

And I briefly considered hand planing my bench, but it's laminated beech with zero thoughts given to grain direction when I glued it up. Soit's pretty gnarly. I think I would make it worse flattening by hand. I also have some pretty deep dings (~3/16") that I'd like to take out while I'm at it.

I think I'd spend at least this making my own out of 80/20 or similar and like I alluded above, my shop time is limited these days so I'm really leaning heavily towarda pre-made jig.


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