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 th e 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 l ike a real woodworker, now!
Last night, we had dinner at my brother's house and I was extolling the vir tues of the router planing, and commented on how much sawdust it created (n o dust collection was used). A year or so ago, my nephew came over to cle an the shop, his youngest boys "helped" by paint-brushing sawdust off the t ools. I paid the boys $20 each, for their work. After I commented about t he amount of sawdust the routing created, Ian, age 6, asked Jonas if they c ould come over and clean the shop.... and mentioned $20. The Little Booge r remembered that initial cleanup and the $20. We had a good laugh. *Anot her benefit of router planing? **And I suppose I may, now, be bound by a p ermanent cleanup contract, every time I mention sawdust.
Ian, in the black shirt:
Sonny