Rough Framing and Routers
"Most carpenters use routers just for finish work: building cabinets, routing stair stringers, and the like. But on our framing jobs, they're everyday tools.
We've been cutting out door and window openings with them for some time. Cutting through wall sheathing with a flush-cutting bit is quicker and more accurate than snapping out lines and using a circular saw.
When we realized how much time routers were saving us, we looked for other ways to use them. We started flush-cutting the sheathing at the perimeters of walls, and routing off the excess ply at the edges of floors. Marking and cutting the floor sheathing at a bay window takes time; running the sheathing long and cutting it flush with a router is quicker and more precise."
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