• Edge Profiling and Grooving: Creating decorative edges (like chamfers, bevels, and round-overs) on furniture, tabletops, and picture frames.
• Routing Slots and Joints: Cutting functional joints such as rabbets, dados, mortises, and tenons for cabinetry, shelving, and drawer construction.
• Template and Pattern Cutting: Using a guide bushing or bearing-guided bit to duplicate shapes from a master template into multiple wood pieces.
• Trimming and Veneer Work: Flushing up overhanging edges of wood veneer, plastic laminates, or solid wood edge-banding.
• Inlay and Carving: Hollowing out precise areas in a wood surface for decorative material inlays, lettering, or artistic relief carving.