RGS - 48” x 96” Slab Mill
You've got the perfect slab to make a dining room table. The grain figure is top quality, there are some interesting defects (features!), and you've been waiting for it to dry enough to finally do something with, and the time has come!
Except that 13" benchtop planer and your 6" jointer aren't going to cut it on that 48-inch wide slab.
- Working Area
- Material Width: 48 in.
- Material Length: 96 in.
- Material Thickness: 2-1/4 in.
- Modular in both length and width
- Easily add either 27-1/2 or 55 in. extension kits
Easily plane and surface even the largest slabs, resin pours, river tables, burls, or cookies with confidence when you upgrade to the 48-inch by 96-inch TrueTrac Router Gantry System, with the Threaded Cross Feed option already installed.
With the Threaded Cross Feed engaged (two thumb screws) you can perform an identical cut every pass with the grain of the lumber , leading to greatly improved surface finishes and drastically reducing your finish sanding.
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Let's get technical!
- Working Area
- Material Width: 48 in.
- Material Length: 96 in.
- Material Thickness: 2-1/4 in.
- This assumes the bottom long axis rails are on the same planar surface as the material being processed.
- To handle thicker materials, simply shim under the long axis rails and lift the RGS unit relative to the main support surface.
- Outer Physical Dimensions
- Unit Width: 57 in.
- Unit Length: 112 in.
- Total Travel (Spindle Center)
- Width Travel: 49-1/2 in.
- Length Travel: 102 in.
- Unit Weight
- 50 lbs
- Materials Used
- 6063 custom extruded aluminum, satin finish hard anodize finish
- Solid Acetal Resin, CNC machined sliding components and end caps
- 6061-T6 1/4-inch thick aluminum base plate, predrilled for 20 routers
The following items make the 48-inch x 96-inch Threaded Cross Feed Slab Mill:
- Five (5) 55 inch length RGS guide rails
- One (1) 55 inch length RGS guide rail with 55-inch Threaded Rod Kit installed
- Four (4) 6-inch length self-aligning dovetail connectors, with set screws installed
- Eight (8) Bearing End Caps, installed on rails with 10-24 Type F Machine Screws
- Two (2) Short Linear Slides (Short Runners) with bubble levels installed
- Two (2) Long Linear Slides (Long Runners)
- Two (2) Drop Downs
- One (1) Router Base Plate, pre-drilled for listed routers (see compatibility below)
- Fourteen (14) 10-24 threaded, 1/4 inch diameter, 1/4 inch length Shoulder Bolts
- Six (6) 8-32 x 1/2 L flat head Phillips drive machine screws
- Two (2) 10-24 x 3/4 L knurled brass thumb screws
- One (1) 1/8 inch L-shaped hex wrench
- Two (2) Hand Grip Knobs
- One (1) Hand Crank (for spinning the threaded rod)
The Threaded Cross Feed units can be moved manually without the rod or hand crank by simply removing the two thumb screws and moving the Router Base Assembly by hand.
Customer Reviews
One of the best decisions I ever made, was to purchase the TrueTrac and dust attachment. Very beneficial in taking your woodworking skills to the next level. Very satisfied with the quality and pricing. worth every penny. Jacob and his team were very easy to work with and instructions were very easy to follow. The only suggestion I would make, is for them to provide a single blank router plate with 3 holes, one in center and two outers to hold the plate when drilling to mount a router that doesn't meet their predrilled plates. Would definitely recommend this product to others.
Joe Peduzzi Camp Hill Pa..
Have not had a chance to use it but will reply when I do
Received quick and painless delivery, came packaged well. Instructions were good. Found 4 issues that a highly engineered product like this should have addressed. First, the levels, one fell out and the other wasn’t set into the block flat and thus gave bad leveling info. Second, the 8 ft long section does have a good bit of flex, I found adding supports every 2 feet was sufficient, but every 4 feet would deflect too far for my liking. Third, the threaded rod option, dust collects and compacts in the channel and when not using the threaded rod dust gets into the threaded brass inserts, plugging them up and making them useless. I had to dig them out with dental tools and the hole doesn’t go deep enough to clean them with a tap. I now keep the screws in the holes to stop dust accumulating and have an air compressor nearby to blow out the channel every couple of passes. Fourth, the delrin end caps that hold the rails down to the support frame are very thin. My initial plan was to take them on and off to add/subtract height for working on thick material, if they were more substantial this could have worked but they are too thin and there isn’t room to use bolts, instead I used screws and the screw stretched out the hole when tightening it down (not very tight either). Otherwise, works as intended and happy with my purchase, the precision the threaded rod adds is great for my application.
Very pleased with the system! Great customer service, quick delivery and no damage in shipping. Ive been eyeballing this product for a couple of years and feel I really got my money’s worth.
So far I've made 3 Pecan countertops. They were too wide for my planer. Once I found the correct bit (2 3/8" CMT with carbide inserts) it worked perfectly. Minimal sanding. I sanded them with 40, 80, 120 and 220 and they were slick as glass and ready to spray.
Mounting Hole Patterns Pre-Drilled For The Following Routers:
- Bosch 1617, 1618, 1619, 1619-EVS (fixed base only)
- DeWalt 616, 618, 625
- Festool OF1400, OF2200
- Hitachi M12VC
- Makita 1100 (Makita RP1800 & RP2301 require blank base plate)
- Milwaukee 5616, 5624, 5625-20
- Bora PM-6250 Fixed Base
- Porter Cable 690, 890, 7529, 97529, 8529
- Porter Cable 7518, 7519, 7538, 7539
- Ridgid 2930
- Triton TRA001, MOF001, TFBR001
Blank plate with one 1/4-inch hole drilled on center available upon request. Router plates are fully CNC machined 1/4-inch thick 6061 aluminum.
