Limbers in the battens

A year ago today, I questioned how I'd managed to live this long without a router.

Today, I got the router out again and used it to cut the athwartship limbers in the bottom of the floor battens. This will allow water to pass under the floor battens toward a central draining point in the hull. Not having this feature on the Utility (because I forgot) has been a real pain.

I wanted to get it right this time. Dewalt compact router to the rescue.

I clamped an old ruler to the battens to use as a guide for the router. The bit is a Bosch 3/8" x 3/4" dome-shaped "surface shaping" bit. (I've found that I prefer the Bosch router bits in general.) I cut to a depth of approximately 1/4". Worked like a charm.