Finish carpentry used to involve spending a lot of time pouring over blueprints to get a good grip on what angles and materials would be required for a project. The computer age provided the average carpenter with tools to help them calculate their materials and labor, but often required switching between a number of different screens and being stuck in the office. Ergo, it’s equally important to make sure that the quoting, pricing and estimation are done as accurately as possible. Most importantly, the estimates you quote will affect your cash flow as well. Finish carpentry has a much different process than rough carpentry, which can cause a big difference in how it is bid. It requires a higher degree of precision and care with the materials and quite often has a higher cost in labor than rough carpentry. This means that you need to take a different approach to the entire process, including estimating job costs.