Planing with the router worked like a charm. From making & setting up the jig to planing both sides of the first slab took about 3 hours. Will do the second slab, later.

I want to thank everyone for all the info & links, regarding this technique.. It was of tremendous help and ease. I've been enlightened. I feel like a real woodworker, now!

Last night, we had dinner at my brother's house and I was extolling the virtues of the router planing, and commented on how much sawdust it created (no dust collection was used). A year or so ago, my nephew came over to clean the shop, his youngest boys "helped" by paint-brushing sawdust off the tools. I paid the boys $20 each, for their work. After I commented about the amount of sawdust the routing created, Ian, age 6, asked Jonas if they could come over and clean the shop.... and mentioned $20. The Little Booger remembered that initial cleanup and the $20. We had a good laugh. *Another benefit of router planing? **And I suppose I may, now, be bound by a permanent cleanup contract, every time I mention sawdust.

Ian, in the black shirt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/13581308863/

Sonny

On Mon, 26 May 2014 06:58:18 -0700 (PDT), Sonny
Booger remembered that initial cleanup and the $20. We had a good laugh. *Another benefit of router planing? **And I suppose I may, now, be bound by a permanent cleanup contract, every time I mention sawdust.

Consider yourself lucky that he wasn't seeking a raise from last
year's project.

With the amount of dust that was created, hope you're using a decent
dust mask and eye protection. You might want to look into some
effective dust collection.

On Monday, May 26, 2014 8:58:18 AM UTC-5, Sonny wrote:
Planing with the router worked like a charm. From making & setting up the jig to planing both sides of the first slab took about 3 hours. Will do the second slab, later.



I want to thank everyone for all the info & links, regarding this technique. It was of tremendous help and ease. I've been enlightened. I feel like a real woodworker, now!



Last night, we had dinner at my brother's house and I was extolling the virtues of the router planing, and commented on how much sawdust it created (no dust collection was used). A year or so ago, my nephew came over to clean the shop, his youngest boys "helped" by paint-brushing sawdust off the tools. I paid the boys $20 each, for their work. After I commented about the amount of sawdust the routing created, Ian, age 6, asked Jonas if they could come over and clean the shop.... and mentioned $20. The Little Booger remembered that initial cleanup and the $20. We had a good laugh. *Another benefit of router planing? **And I suppose I may, now, be bound by a permanent cleanup contract, every time I mention sawdust.



Ian, in the black shirt: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43836144@N04/13581308863/



Sonny

Did you make that draw knife chair? It looks really good.

On Monday, May 26, 2014 10:37:04 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote:

Did you make that draw knife chair? It looks really good.

Shaving horse. Yes, thanks. I had always wanted to make a shaving horse, by hand, and its lumber is from the same walnut trees we had cleared on the farm, where we torn down that old cypress house and cleared the surrounding area. The trestle table lumber and root ball slabs are from one tree and the shaving horse lumber is from the other (mostly firewood and turning blanks) tree. There are still some scraps, trunk pieces and the root ball, of the "firewood" tree, out there, and I'm still picking and choosing through some of that, for other possible projects and turning blanks.

The shaving horse: Hand splitting the log, for the seat, was a tough job. The log didn't want to split. It was from a limb of the tree, not from the trunk. Hand planing was okay, but again, it was labor intense, for me. I wouldn't want to do that too often. The rest of the project was much easier and more fun.

I doubt I'll ever use the shaving horse for anything significant. I just wanted to make and have one. The boys like to play with it, on it, at times, so it's a fun "toy" to mess with. Jonas and the boys are at the farm, now, and I've considered taking the bench, out there, for something more to do, in our idle time, among the other things we mess with. When the boys were cleaning the shop, we tinkered with making log legs (on the shaving horse. I showed them what it was and how it's worked) for a slabbed log bench. Ian claimed the bench for himself and wants it at the farm. I've been wanting to bring it to the farm and we can work on those legs, when convenient.

Sonny

On Monday, May 26, 2014 9:08:53 AM UTC-5, wrote:
With the amount of dust that was created, hope you're using a decent
dust mask and eye protection. You might want to look into some
effective dust collection.

Yep, mask/"hairnet" dust masking, plus a face shield. An attic fan was (hopefully) drawing some debris its way, but there was still lots of sawdust flying all over the place, most of it wet/green wood. The 1.5" router bit was chewing away wood, like crazy.... 1/16" to 1/8" depths of cuts, depending on the passes.

Sonny

On Mon, 26 May 2014 09:37:10 -0700 (PDT), Sonny
the place, most of it wet/green wood.

If the wood was wet/green, you can probably expect some warping down
the line and have to level the surface again.

On Monday, May 26, 2014 11:26:35 AM UTC-5, Sonny wrote:
On Monday, May 26, 2014 10:37:04 AM UTC-5, Michael wrote:



Did you make that draw knife chair? It looks really good.



Shaving horse. Yes, thanks. I had always wanted to make a shaving horse, by hand, and its lumber is from the same walnut trees we had cleared on the farm, where we torn down that old cypress house and cleared the surrounding area. The trestle table lumber and root ball slabs are from one tree and the shaving horse lumber is from the other (mostly firewood and turning blanks) tree. There are still some scraps, trunk pieces and the root ball, of the "firewood" tree, out there, and I'm still picking and choosing through some of that, for other possible projects and turning blanks.



The shaving horse: Hand splitting the log, for the seat, was a tough job.. The log didn't want to split. It was from a limb of the tree, not from the trunk. Hand planing was okay, but again, it was labor intense, for me.. I wouldn't want to do that too often. The rest of the project was much easier and more fun.



I doubt I'll ever use the shaving horse for anything significant. I just wanted to make and have one. The boys like to play with it, on it, at times, so it's a fun "toy" to mess with. Jonas and the boys are at the farm, now, and I've considered taking the bench, out there, for something more to do, in our idle time, among the other things we mess with. When the boys were cleaning the shop, we tinkered with making log legs (on the shaving horse. I showed them what it was and how it's worked) for a slabbed log bench. Ian claimed the bench for himself and wants it at the farm. I've been wanting to bring it to the farm and we can work on those legs, when convenient.



Sonny

Shaving horse. I guess I knew that. I want to make one, but I'm sure I would use it only once in a blue moon. I used to enjoy using my drawknife for projects that I now do via electricity (saves time and wood). You have to be careful with a drawknife though. That's what happened to my half-brother. ($1 to Roy Underhill.)