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  • I’ve got an electric planer and a random orbital.

    What’s going to be better to get this flat with? There are 0.5-1mm differences all over the thing.

  • What’s going to be better to get this flat with?

    Hours and hours of youtube viewing tells me that a router jig is the way to go.

    I've watched way too many videos of people making butcher block worktops for woodwork tables, out of big box bought 4x4 pine.

  • Don't get me wrong, router jigs are great but it's overkill in this instance and will still need to be finished off with a sander.

    @Soul is starting off with a relatively flat surface backed with an almost completely flat base so there is no need, but if it were a rustic and wide butcher block worktop that had been poorly glued, or a live edge slab for a table, then it would definitely be an option.

    Out of curiosity given your near pathological hatred of wooden worksurfaces why are you watching YouTube videos about how to make them?

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