Router Cut Plywood Window And Door Openings

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Router cut plywood window and door openings. Installing plywood sheathing cutting window openings vid 7 duration. Router for cutting window door openings i always cut my openings before the next sheet. We have a 3 1 4 hp bosh router that we use for this and 1 2 bits. How to install super smooth pocket doors.

As a lot of you know i am a huge fan of using a router on window door openings. Measure and scribe the line for the trimmer and use the header sil as a guide on the other two but i also set my depth for a hair over 1 2 when i start laying ply or osb. With the router you d use a suitable straight cutting bit with a bearing guide in conjunction with a template made from thinner material running the bearing carefully around the inside perimeter of the template while being careful to avoid the router wandering into what will be the door. Before this can be done the osb has to be cut out for the windows.

As our bosch is aging i wondering about using a smaller guy like this we are only really cutting 1 2 osb or plywood material and i was thinking of that router with a 1 4 bit. How installed plywood sheathing over new construction framing to preparing for hardie panel siding.