See molding router bits.

Router bits used to cut channels for pipes or cables.

See Ball End Router Bits.

1. A small rounded raised profile routed on the edge of a work piece.  2.  A traditional decoration often used with a tongue-and- groove joint to hide the gap between the boards.

A decorative profile. This bit is often used with a tongue-and- groove joint to hide a gap between boards.

Router bit used for decorative purposes. This bit cuts quarter-round shapes bounded by fillets. It creates a bead like contour in the wood piece.

A metal or wooden peg that fits into a hole in a workbench and is used to hold a workpiece in place. The peg can be round or square and sometimes fitted with special springs to hold them in place.

A cut made at an angle through a piece of work piece.

See Chamfer Router Bits.

A figure on wood, usually maple and a few other species. The figure is composed of many small BB size rounded areas resembling a birds eye. The figuring is most common on plain and rotary sawn lumber.

A type  of glue joint in which an oval shaped biscuit covered with a water based glue is placed in slots cut in the edges of wood. The two pieces are clamped together, and the glue causes the biscuit to swell and create a tighter glue joint.  Sometimes also called a "plate joint".

A method of routing in which the bit does not go all the way through the work piece.

A form of wood measurement, where one board foot equals the volume of a board 1 inch thick, 12 inches wide, and 12 inches long.

A term in veneering, where successive pieces of veneer from a flitch are arranged side by side. A properly done bookmatch will resemble a mirror image of the opposite side.

A defective piece of lumber that has warped along its length.

These bits are used for routing solid wood serving trays or flat dishes.

A corner joint made up of interlocking "fingers".

A small finishing nail up to 1" long.

These bits are used to carve a rounded edge, often used for the front edge on a counter top.

Bulges and irregular growths that form on the trunks and roots of trees. Burls are highly sought after for the incredible veneer they yield.

1.   A rough edge,  2.  A type of router bit used to cut fiberglass.  3.  A raised ridge of metal used on a scraper to remove wood.

A woodworking joint where the edges of two boards are placed against each other.

A leg used on Queen Anne furniture. The cabriole leg is characterized by graceful curves and a shape that resembles an animal leg.

Router bits composed of an extremely hard metal compound. There are various standards of carbide in different hardnesses used for specific materials. Amana Tool uses specific carbide designed for the specific application.

Router bits with cutting edges or blades made of carbide.

The body of a piece of furniture with a box like shape. (i.e. a kitchen cabinet)

A defect in the lumber caused by improper drying. Case Hardening is caused when a board is dried too fast. The outer layers in a case hardened board are compressed while the inner layers are in tension.

Originally, chair rails were intended to prevent walls from being dented by the backs of chairs. Chair rails are usually measured to equal the height of the tallest chair in the room. Today it is mainly used for decoration purposes and usually range from 28" to 36".

A beveled cut along the edge of a piece of furniture. (Usually 45 degrees)

Chamfer bits cut angles and shapes in the edge of materials. This is a great bit for the handyman wishing to create decorative pieces or edging.

A lumber defect caused by uneven shrinking of the wood during drying. A checked board has splits which develop lengthwise across the growth rings.

A holding device—specifically, a subtype of chuck—that forms a collar around the object to be held and exerts a strong clamping force on the object when it is tightened via a tapered outer collar. It may be used to hold a workpiece or a tool.

An angled cut to both the edge and face of a board

These router bits are used when working with veneer, melamine or a similar materials. Using double spirals ensures that both top and bottom edges of the material are properly cut and pulled towards the center.

A method of construction raised panel doors where the tongues of the rails (horizontal) connect to the grooves of the stiles (vertical).

Core box bits are used to cut half-round grooves for fluted moldings, columns, millwork, and signs. When used with an edge guide, this bit will also cuts coves.

These router bits are used for creating round corners on your woodwork. Used mainly for furniture pieces.

A tool that allows you to drill a hole so that the head of a screw will sit flush with the face of a board.

A concave profile cut into the edge of the work piece.

Router bits used to carve details in the cove trim. Cove bits may also be used to detail doors, drawers, posts and columns.

A trim unit on which one edge has a curved radius. Coves are used to bridge the gap between the bottom of the wall and the floor. A cove may also be used to form an inside corner.

In lumber, a piece of wood taken from the fork of a tree. Crotch Veneer is highly valued for its figuring.

A type of molding typically used as trim as well as to conceal the joint between walls and ceilings.

Router bits that are made or fitted according to the needs, preferences or special request of a person.

(1)A flat bottomed recessed cut made across the grain of a board. (2)A type of groove joint.

The amount of sag in a shelf, floor, joist, or counter caused by the weight it's supporting.

Router bits used to shape pull handles on the fronts of drawers and cabinet doors. 

These bits are used to make and shape doors.

These bits create two bead shaped contours in the wood piece. Often used on the edges of shelving or narrow molding strips.

Device which secures the board ends being joined by a dovetail joint.

1. Technique for creating a strong joint between two pieces of wood. This is done by carving one or more tapered, fan-shaped tenons into one piece of wood which will interlock with a series of mortises carved into the adjoining piece of wood. This technique is commonly used when making drawers and cabinets.  2.  A method of jointing wood at the corners through interlocking pins and tails.

These bits are used to carve the tenons and mortises of the dovetail joint.

A cylindrical wooden pin that is used to reinforce a wood joint.

A cylindrical metal pin with a raised point that is inserted into a dowel hole and used to locate the exact center on a mating piece of wood.

For those with an especially skilled hand, edge forming bits help with intricate edging tasks.

A straightedge that is used to guide tools, such as a circular saw or Wood Router, along a workpiece.

Smoothing and squaring the edge of a board so that it can be glued up squarely to another piece.

Edge bits are used to detail the edges of your woodworking piece. Used to soften the corners of tables, cabinets and more.

When the level of moisture in a board is equal to the moisture in the surrounding air.

In cabinetmaking a face frame is a flat frame attached to the front of a carcase. The face frame is used to conceal the exposed edges of the plywood panels used to build the carcase.

High quality veneer that is used for the exposed surfaces on plywood.

A piece of wood with thin "fingers" that hold a board against a fence or down against the table of a power tool, usually a table saw or Wood Router.

A straight guide used to keep a board a set distance from a blade or other cutters.

These router bits are designed to trim laminated fiberglass boards.

A decorative wood figure caused by wavy grain. Fiddleback veneer is prized for it's character and often used for musical instruments. 

1. Are flat, square moldings that separate other moldings.  2. Are thin strips in a column between two flutings. 3. Form a concave junction between two adjoined surfaces.

These bits are used to carve drawer pull handles on the front of drawers as well as cabinet doors.

Technique for joining two pieces of wood. Thin wood fingerlike extensions, are cut into the ends of two pieces of wood. The interlocking pieces then form a joint. When glued together, these extensions form a level surface.

Router bits used to cut the interlocking extensions for the finger joint.

In softwoods, a method of sawing lumber where the log is cut tangential to the growth rings. Also called plain-sawn.

Flooring bits are used for cutting slots into wood flooring, inlays and medallions.

They are used to make the edge of one material flush with another, like trim.

This is a design which is made of adjoining, rounded, outwardly curved, channels that follow in a pattern along the length of the molding.

Fluting bits carve the fluted molding designs into the molding.

Also know as "Stile and Rail". This technique is used to create doors, wainscoting, along with adding decorative features to cabinets, homes and furniture.

See molding router bits.

A special interlocking grooved pattern that is used to join two pieces, edge to edge, securely.

Freshly cut lumber that has not had time to dry.

Produce crisp, clean cuts in wood to create detailed patterns, words, seals etc.

See Cove Router Bits.

A dovetail joint where the cut does not go all of the way through the board. The ends of a half-blind dovetail are concealed. (see through dovetail joint)

These bits are for detailing handrails.

A type of manufactured board similar to particle board but with a much smoother surface. A common brand of hardboard is Masonite.

The dead inner core of a tree. Usually much harder and darker than the newer wood.

In veneering, a herring bone pattern is formed when successive layers of veneers are glued up so they form a mirror image. Usually this pattern slants upwards and outwards, like a herringbone.

The direction a workpiece is fed into a blade or cutter.

These bits are used to inlay intumescent strips. See also Slot Cutting Router Bits.

A device used to make special cuts, guide a tool, or aid in woodworking operations.

Creating woodworking pieces using an array of joint- making techniques.

These bits can be found in just about any shape and size, making them perfect for joining two separate materials together.

Bits used to carve the connecting, puzzle-like, pieces of the joint-making process.

In slot cutters, the width of the cutting edge.

The keyhole router bit is used to cut keyhole shaped slots into plaques, picture frames and other hanging woodworks.

See Keyhole Router bits.

This is when the wood or material being cut jams the blade causing pieces to be thrown back toward the user.

A design feature that allows a piece of furniture to be easily disassembled by the use of special hardware or joinery.

A thin plastic materiel used to cover a board. The most common use of laminate is for counter and table tops. It is often referred to by the brand name Formica®.

Also called a halving joint.  In woodworking, or metal fitting, a lap joint describes a technique for joining two pieces of material by overlapping them. A lap may be a full lap or half lap. In a full lap, no material is removed from either of the members to be joined, resulting in a joint which is the combined thickness of the two members. In a half lap joint, material is removed from each of the members so that the resulting joint is the thickness of the thickest member. Most commonly in half lap joints, the members are of the same thickness and half the thickness of each is removed

Letter making bits are used to create letters for professional signs.

A type of joint made by fastening together interlocking parts with ends cut at an angle.

A tool resembling a ruler with a handle at one end and a hood at the other which is used to calculate the board footage of a piece of lumber.

Plywood where thin sheets of veneer are glued to a core of narrow boards. Lumber-core plywood differs from regular plywood in that regular plywood is made up of successive layers of alternating grain veneer.

1.  Medium-density fiberboard. This is a man-made wood product. It is formed by breaking down softwood into wood fibers. The fibers are then combined with wax and a hydrocarbon secretion to form boards.  2.  A special type of tempered hardboard characterized by a very fine, smooth finish. MDF is used in cabinet making.

Router bits that are capable of properly cutting and carving MDF wood boards.

Miniature bits are used for a variety of small scale woodworking pieces.

The process of cutting material for an equal angle joint. Most miter cuts are made at 45 degrees so that they will form a 90 degree angle when they are put together.

A tool that slides in a slot on a power tool such as a table saw, Wood Router table, bandsaw, etc. A miter gauge can be adjusted to different angles and is used to slide the stock past the blade.

A joint with two mitered surfaces connected by a spline.

Is wood used for making concrete forms.

A decorative profile usually used for trim work, to cover exposed edges or provide decoration.

1. Forming, making or shaping an object.

These bits are used to create decorative moldings and trim.

These are slots, carved into a piece of wood. These slots will interlock with tenons carved into the adjoining piece of wood to form a dovetail joint.

A joint in which the tenon, or formed shoulder projection, of one board fits into a complementary mortise on another board.

Mortise bits are used to carve square shaped slots. Typically used for hinges, lock sets and cutting mortises. 

Also known as Mortise Router Bits.

A thin member forming the dividing units of a door, window, or screen. It is often used for decorative purposes.

The multi-form router bit is designed to cut a variety of molding patterns, profiles and architectural details.

Wooden or metal strips separating the panes of glass in a sash.

A Wood Router bit without a guide bearing.

Ogee bits are used to carve an S-shaped curve in moldings and decorative designs. It has a convex at the top which smoothly blends into a concave at the bottom.

A plunging version of Roundover router bits or corner round bits.

This bit is used to create openings in panels, windows, drywall, and doors. Often used to trim materials such as mica, veneer and other laminates.

A wall or ceiling finish using pieces of wood or wood- like material.

A type of manufactured plywood that is made from ground up and glued scrap wood. Particle board is very dense, heavy, and flat.

Plywood that is made by gluing a thin layer of veneer to a piece of particleboard

A Wood Router bit with a ball bearing above the cutter that keeps the bit a fixed distance from the edge of the material being routed.

A Wood Router that is fixed above a table with its bit point down. A pin in the table is aligned with the bit and used to route the workpiece.

These router bits are specially designed to cut plastic materials.

See plastic cutting router bits

Plastic Spiral 'O' flute bits are designed to produce smooth cuts in acrylic materials, plastics and wood.

A butt joint that is reinforced with a football shaped "biscuit". The biscuits are usually made from compressed pieces of wood, usually birch. When a biscuit comes into contact with glue in the joint it swells creating a tighter joint. Also called a Biscuit Joint.

A cut made in the interior of the work piece that receives another piece to form a joint.

Plunge routers and bits are perfect for deep surface cuts. Ideal for freehand lettering and inlay work. 

A Wood Router mounted on a spring loaded base. The Wood Router can be turned on and plunged down into the workpiece.

These router bits are specially designed for cutting plywood.

These router bits are specially designed for cutting plywood.

A tool used to safely push a board through a table saw or other power tool.

A method of cutting lumber where the annual rings are relatively perpendicular to the face of the board. Quarter-sawn lumber tends to be more dimensionally stable than other forms of lumber, such as plain-sawn.

A style of furniture that was first made popular in England during the rule of Queen Ann. It was used almost exclusively by early colonial cabinetmakers. The Cabriole Leg is one of the primary characteristics of the Queen Ann style.

An open ended cut made along the edge of a work piece that receives another piece to form a joint.

These bits are used to carve a step shaped pattern in the wood.  Rabbeting bits can be purchased in sets. They're most commonly used to notch the edge of your building supplies. They cut vertically and horizontally at the same time.

Also known as Corner Round Router Bits.

(1) A horizontal board that runs along the underside of a table.  (2) The horizontal part of a raised panel door.

See Stile and Rail Router Bits.

These bits are used with the stile and rail bits to create a profiled edges on door panels. Raised panel bits are available for both horizontal and vertical profiles.  Raised panel bits are most often used on door panels. They go hand in hand with stile and rail bits.

Synonym for Rabbeting Router Bits.

Round over bits are used to create rounded edges on tables, chairs, cabinets and other furniture and home fixtures.

To remove excess material. The act of using a router tool.

An object or device which enhances the usefulness of the router tool. 

Wood Router bits used for cutting, carving and shaping pieces of wood.

Shapes left in the wood after cutting or carving the wood with a specifically shaped router bit.

A number of router bits used together to achieve a specific woodworking task. For example the Wainscot Wall Panel Router Bit Set includes a number of router bits used for Wainscot Wall Paneling. 

Pieces that attach to a router tool, mainly used for cutting and carving wood. Router bits come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

Pieces of the router tool which cuts or mills the wood. Synonym for router bit.

This device attaches to your router table. It's function is to lower and raise your router tool in relation to the surface of the router table. Your router's motor clamps to the body of the router lift.

A soft piece of material used to grip the wood. This helps to secure the wood in place while routing.

The router sits upside down on the table while the router bit protrudes through a hole on the top. This provides a guide fence ideal for panel & rail as well as stile work.

High speed cutting tools used for shaping and cutting wood.

Machines with a revolving vertical spindle and cutter. Used for shaping the surface of wood.

A ball bearing rub collar near the top or bottom of a spindle shaper that is used to keep the workpiece a fixed distance away from the cutters.

A joinery method used in drop leaf tables where the tabletop has a convex profile and the leaf has a concave cut. The two pieces are joined by a hinge.

(1)The amount of wobble in a Wood Router bit, or how much the bit moves from left to right during use. (2)The splintering and jagged edges left by lesser quality Wood Router bits.

A woodworking joint that is made by cutting or notching two boards at an angle and then strapping, gluing, or bolting them together.

To mark with lines or grooves.

The shank is at the end of the arbor and is the part of the bit that locks into the collet.

Signmaking bits are used to make professional signs in conjunction with letter making router bits.

A sliding dovetail joint is similar to a tongue and groove joint except the tongue and grove are matching dovetails.

A cutting tool used to make slots, rabbets, dadoes, lap joints and tongue and groove joints.

Slot cutting bits are used to cut slots into the wood.

These bits are designed to rout solid surfaces used to make: counter tops, floor tiles, bathroom sinks, toilets, bathtubs, showers, vanity tops etc.

The threaded arbor on a shaper that holds the cutters.

Spiral bits are designed like a drill and are used to make deep cuts to the surface of your wood piece.

A thin piece of wood that fits in the mating grooves cut into two pieces of wood.

A bead or drops of glue that are forced out of a joint when pressure is applied.

Joint method.

A poorly bonded joint caused by lack of glue

The vertical part of a raised panel door.

These bits are used for constructing panels and frames. Often used for making cabinet frames and passage doors, stile and rail bits also carve decorative profiles and panel slots into the edge of a door frame. The stile and rail bits come as a set of 2, or as a single bit.

See Stile and Rail Router Bits.

Straight plunge bits are used for routing straight grooves, rabbets, dados, joints, mortises, trimming material or making a general cut. 

These bits are a must have for anyone with a router. These common bits are used for straight down cuts or to form grooves or dados.

Synonym for Straight Plunge Router Bits

These bits are used to cut the top level of a structure. 

Used to shape the hard edges of table parts. With this bit you will reduce the visual thickness of the table top, with a detailed edge.

The amount of time it takes for an adhesive to set-up before it can form a bond.

This door is made using slats--thin narrow flat strips of usually wood or metal. These slats roll up and down a vertical track. Tambour doors are usually found in cabinets and entertainment centers.

Tambour bits are used to create tambour doors. 

A piece of wood that has been cut so that it is wider on one edge than the other.

A pattern. Often a template is made of hardboard and used with a pilot bit to route a shape in a board.

A jig mounted to the bottom of a Wood Router that is used to keep the Wood Router on the profile of a template when routing with a non-pilot beating bit.

Template bits are designed to make routing along with a woodworking template easy. 

These are tapered, fan-shaped, teeth like, protrusions carved into a piece of wood. These protrusions will interlock with mortises carved into the adjoining piece of wood to form a dovetail joint.

A method of joining wood where the interlocking pins and tails of the dovetail joint go through the side of its mating piece.

A T shaped molding used to provide decorative or protective edges. T Molding is inserted into a slot cut in the other piece.

An indentation designed into the bottom of a cabinet to provide room to allow the user to stand closer to the countertop.

This joint is often used for wood paneling, flooring, parquet and other similar woodworks. The joint is used to fit 2 or more similar objects together edge-to-edge. Each piece has a slot or "groove" cut all along one edge, and a thin, deep ridge or "tongue" shaped on the opposite edge. The then fit together closely. 

These joinery bits are used to create the tongue and groove joint.

These bits are fast turning, used with a handheld trim router. They are ideal for making precise cuts for smaller jobs.  These bits cut precise, line designs on wooden and laminate-covered surfaces.

These bits are used to trim, cut and shape lippings, timber and plastic laminate edges. See also Flush Trim.

A layer of plywood or other manufactured board used as a base material under finished flooring. Underlayment is often used as a substrate to increase the strength and/or smoothness of the flooring.

These bits cut V shaped grooves into the wood. They are also used for miter folds, signmaking and lettering. 

V Paneling bits are used to create V groove paneling, by cutting 2 separate pieces of wood that form a V design when joined together.

The process of patterning with, or as if with, veins.

A thin sheet of wood cut from a log.

Plywood made from three or more pieces of veneer glued up in alternating grain patterns.

Wainscot is a wood paneling décor that covers the lower 3-4 feet of an interior wall. Can be plain, painted or varnished wood.

These bits are used to carve decorative designs in your wainscot wall panels.

Wainscot and paneling add a visually aesthetic wall decor. Paneling is used to cover an entire wall while wainscot stops at the chair rail. 

Typically uses as the first coat of a finish. The wash coat is used to change the appearance or porosity of a surface

Weatherseal bits are used to re-groove window and door frames in order to create a slot for insulating inserts.

These bits are used for shaping the edges of window frames and ledges.

Is the framework in which the glass panes of a window or door are set.

Window sash bits are designed to cut sash window frames and glass door parts. This includes: rails, stiles, mullions and muntins.

Router bits used for cutting, carving and shaping pieces of wood.

Machines with a revolving vertical spindle and cutter. Used for shaping the surface of wood.

The process of carving, milling, building and creating objects using wood.

Woodworking bits are used to shape, trim and cut woodworks such as furniture

These are patterns, or molds in the form of thin boards or plates. Templates are used as a guide for the construction of an object using wood.