🔍 Router sleds are used to flatten and surface large or uneven pieces of wood. Projects include **live-edge slabs** (like making a tabletop from a raw slab), **wide boards** or butcher blocks that won’t fit in a regular planer, end-grain cutting boards, and even large **cookies (cross-cut log slices)**. Essentially, any project where you need a perfectly flat face on a workpiece that’s too big or irregular for standard woodworking machines is a great candidate. The SpeTool Cratos S01001 PRO sled, for example, is perfect for leveling live-edge tabletops, countertops, big rounds, etc.:contentReference[oaicite:19]{index=19}. If you work with epoxy river tables or slabs, a router sled can flatten them prior to sanding. It’s a go-to tool for many woodworkers who deal with custom slabs or do woodworking as a hobby or business.

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