This is a comprehensive step-by-step guide to hand-held power routers and table routing, from basic procedures through to freehand routing and jointing. It aims to be a useful reference for novice and experienced woodworkers alike.Containing hundreds of step-by-step illustrations and eas y-to-follow text, this book explains every aspect of woodwork routing. Providing advice on selecting and maintaining cutters, it also offers practical hints on how to hold and guide routers safely, and how to produce fine, accurate results. All the necessary information on grooving, rabbeting and moulding wood is provided plus more advanced skills such as fluting turned legs, freehand routing, carving and joint making.