Looking to build your own DIY router sled kit using the Crafted Elements sled design? We have you covered! If you have already have your own linear rails, cross bars and bearings and screws you can buy just our custom milled acrylic parts to build your own router sled.
Acrylic Parts Only
The acrylic router base plate and 2 cross bar plates only. No additional hardware. You need to provide the bearings, cross bar mounts, rail stops, screws, linear rails and cross bar shaft to complete your router sled assembly.
The router base and brackets are sold as is, final sale with no returns. We normally sell our router sleds as kits to ensure full compatibility with the rails, shafts, bearings, mounts and rails that we provide. We are all for the DIY and maker movement, but if you choose to source these components on your own, we can't provide tech support, troubleshooting or compatibility information on them or how they work with our acrylic router base and brackets. Our acrylic components are designed to work with 20mm bearings, SC20UU and SBR20UU style. The bearing mount bolt pattern on the router base is 40mm x 40mm. The bearing mount bolt pattern on the cross bar brackets (two side brackets) is 35mm x 35mm.
The slab levelling area of your sled will be determined by the length of rails and cross bars you use. In general when using a 2.5" diameter spoil board / slab flattening bit (like the SpeTool CA-IP-D1/2) you can expect a maximum slab length = rail length - 8.5", and maximum slab width = cross member length - 9.75". The maximum slab thickness is determined by the number of risers (if any) used to mount the side rails, the length of your router bit, and whether or not you are using a 1/2" collect extension. See the assembly and instructions video for a full explanation.
We precision cut and machine 1/2" thick acrylic components for the cross rail brackets and router mount to create a durable, cost effective solution that is going to save you time, money and boost shop efficiency.
Universal Hole Pattern 1 (U1)
Use any compatible full sized router with a range of commonly available spoil board (slab flattening) bits. The router base plate features pre-drilled holes for most commonly used routers, making assembly that much quicker.
Festool 1010/1400/2200 Hole Pattern (FEST)
The router base is pre-drilled with mounting holes for Festool 1010, 1400 and 2200 model routers. To accommodate the larger Festool routers the base plate is widened by 3/4", thereby reducing the slab flattening width area by 3/4" when compared to our standard universal router plate.
Universal Trim Router 1 (UTR1)
Use any compatible small trim router with a range of commonly available spoil board (slab flattening) bits. We do not recommend using spoilboard bits greater than 1.5" in diameter with trim routers. The router base plate features pre-drilled holes for most commonly used trim routers, making assembly that much quicker. The trim router base also includes two 3 7/8" long black phenolic handles with mounting screws to provide a more ergonomic user experience. Also note that the trim router base plate does NOT have anyway to accommodate exterior dust collection like the full sized base plates do.
Blank (Drill It Yourself) No Router Holes (BL)
This router base is identical to the universal router base plate except there are no pre-drilled holes for mounting your router. Use this base if you have a router incompatible (or just not listed) with our other router bases. Drilling your own holes is easy, simply apply some masking tape to the plate, center the router, mark the hole locations, put the router aside, then drill. Start with a 1/8" bit to drill a pilot hole then progressively move up in bit sizes until you get to the required hole diameter to accommodate your mounting screws. This will help to avoid cracking the acrylic. You can also use a countersink bit to ensure your screws sit level with the plate. Watch this short-video that demonstrates how to mount your router to the blank router base.
Full Sized Router Sled Assembly Video & Use Instructions:
Small Trim Router Sled Assembly Video & Use Instructions:
Drill It Yourself / Blank Router Base Plate Instructions:
Acrylic Router Plate Only - No Router Included
This product is an acrylic router base plate only. It does NOT include a router or any plunge frame attachment for a router. It is strictly the acrylic base plate designed to fit on your existing router.
Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 4.7 / 5 from 585 reviews.
We love our new router sled! It has made the difficult task of sanding and leveling my tables a much easier process and has brought my tables up a notch in quality!
I thought the crossbars should have been 48" . I believe they were out of stock . Now the 36" is not wide enough Is there any discount to order the 48" .
Bought your entire system to marry with my router so that I could build a table for my wife. I flattened a couple slabs of black walnut and then laid epoxy between the live edges and she is thrilled with the finished product.
I've made my own in the past. The process was very time consuming to get everything lined up perfectly. This one was perfect and saved time so I could focus on the bigger projects.
Very easy to assemble, adjust, and use the system. My only issue has to do with the fact that the linear rails are in (2) 4-foot sections and the system does not glide smoothly across the joints in the rails.
> When sliding the 'bridge' along the length of the system, the 'slides' 'hit' the rail joints at the same time, making it difficult to slide the 'bridge' past the middle of the system. The next time I set up the system, I plan to 'offset' the joints in the linear rails - so that only one end of the bridge will hit the linear rail joints as a time. If this does not make it smooth enough, I will consider purchasing 8 foot linear rails to make it easier to move the 'bridge' along the work piece.
> I would have preferred an option to purchase 8 foot long rails.
Worked perfectly on a set-up with a 36" wide worktable.
(no perceivable deflection on the 36" with) I imagine there may some deflection at a full 48" width, but am willing to accept this - if I need to use the full width (most of my work will be on slabs that are only 24" wide)
It's abundantly clear that the heart of this company is marketing, not precise engineering or manufacturing. Where is the printed assembly instruction manual that comes with the tool? Where is the sequential assembly video? All we get is a sorry little video about using it. Where is the link on the website for cutomer service? All we get is a superficial Q&A. It is by no means easy to put the slab router together. The towers that hold the cross rods....they don't fit the linear bearings. Is that intentional? Why? One bolt is enough?
I’ve been waiting for my package for a week and a half then all sudden stuck at customs for a Wood tool???
I got very little feedback or even anybody reaching out to me. I’m the one who had to find out what was going on.
Very disappointing nobody has reached out at all
Definitely not a beginners product. I’ve tried three separate iterations and the rods would bow in the middle while flattening 25 inch by 48 inch slab. Not ideal for beginners
Very difficult for a first timer. I really like the idea of planing and flattening large pieces although I could not get this product to work for me. I tried a couple different variations, but I could not get the support rods to not bow ever so slightly.
I recently purchased the 40 x 48"router sled with blank router base and dust collection. the system was super simple to put together and work like a dream, much better than the router sled that I built and previously used. I was really impressed with the dust collection/shroud. it exceeded my expectations and allowed me to use this set-up inside the house with almost no clean-up. well worth the money. thanks, Marc
Absolutely a game changer for leveraging my table live edge business. I do require to purchase from you the 48” rails to increase the width? Is this possible? If so please bill me and send asap. I required 40 Slabs of white oak that your leveling system is the best, when it comes to process at a fast and very accurate timeline. Thank you for making this available to us wood butchers. If you sell the router bits need a second one. Oak is extremely hard. Should you sell the router bits bill and send please. I would send a video but above my pay grade. Send pictures of finished tables.
It was an absolute pleasure putting together my router sled with the acrylic router base plate and cross-bar plates I received from Crafted Elements. Everything fitted perfectly and runs very smoothly! The support from Crafted Elements with my purchase was also excellent. Thank you! 😊
Super fast shipping, from Canada to Georgia in less than 48 hours. Packed very well for shipping,no damage. Only issue I had was the holes to mount router were too small but it was no problem to drill out. This is a well made product at a good price. Highly recommended.
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