Thread: How to clamp rough timber in router planingsled

Hi Jill
a flat surface, chocks under the low corners and a few of these would work Veritas® Wonder Dog® & Wonder Pup® - Lee Valley Tools
or these Veritas® Bench Anchor - Lee Valley Tools
or these Mortised Bench Stop - Lee Valley Tools

but wedges against a wooden dog would be cheaper

When I used to use mine, I screwed pine batons to the metal frame and used the router in the sled to make it perfectly flat.

Then I put the slabs on the pine bed, and used wedges under rhe corners to stop it rocking. I used small bits of timber along the edge of the slab which I screwed into the pine batons to secure them, you can cut angles on the ends of the small clamping pieces to suit the slab edges.