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I built a home with a friend of mine.

We would frame the exterior walls while they were laying on the ground, and then cover them with sheathing before raising them into place. Instead of wasting time cutting the sheathing around the door and window openings to fit, we would just throw the sheathing right over the openings, and then use a router to rout the sheathing out of the opening. This is probably a common practice. It wastes material, but it saves a ton of time.

I've never yet used a router in a router table as you described though. I guess I would have to be shown how to do it.

All that being said...they are one of the safer power tools if you follow safety precautions. There's not a ton of things that can go wrong, like on a table saw!

I never wear my wedding ring because I worry about a degloving accident with power tools. I don't wear necklaces either, and I wear short sleeves when working whenever possible. I also make sure that my shirt is tucked in. The less things to get the tool caught on, the better.