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No-Fall Drywall

Making a wiggly line with your router is the key to keeping a piece of drywall from slipping before it's fully cut.

Issue 281 – Feb/Mar 2019
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Whenever I used to rout drywall for a door or window opening, the piece I was cutting always fell before I could get to the end of the cut, tearing the drywall and sometimes hurting my toes. To prevent this, I now leave a little knob sticking out in the piece I am cutting. The piece won’t fall because the knob holds it there. Once the waste piece and my router are safely on the floor, I cut off the knob with a utility knife.

—Ricardo Martino, Ghent, N.Y.

Edited and Illustrated by Charles Miller

From Fine Homebuilding #281

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  1. User avater
    LauraWilliams | Jan 15, 2019 05:02am | #1

    Very nice!!

  2. User avater
    DeweyMessier | Jan 16, 2019 02:55am | #2

    Awesome!!

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    BenjaminShaw | Jan 17, 2019 05:28am | #3

    Yes, It's useful!

  4. chuckfromhb | Jan 23, 2019 03:36am | #4

    Use a reciprocating saw with a short blade instead. I've never seen anyone use a router. Ever.

  5. Suburbanguy | Jan 28, 2019 03:58pm | #5

    chuckfromhb.
    You're right. He probably means a rotary cutting (or cut out) tool.

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    RonaldTague | Mar 08, 2019 02:10am | #6

    amazing

  7. User avater
    JohnMartin12 | Mar 09, 2019 03:36am | #7

    great

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