The portable router gives the woodworker the ability to shape wood in an almost endless variety of ways, creating custom mouldings, decorative edgings, and relief carvings of any type-all without the expense of stationary shapers. The router is one of the most popular power tools, called into use for nearly every woodworking project. Today's routers are quieter, safer, and more versatile than ever. Router Techniques is for beginning to intermediate woodworkers, though experience CJ woodworkers will find its presentation of the very latest tool models and accessories to be helpful as well. Readers will learn about the different types of routers available-from lightweight laminate trimmers to beefy models capable of ripping lumber stock to size. The magic of the router, though, lies in its ability to create fine joinery of any type. The router can be used for basic lap joints, dado and rabbet joints, and also for dovetails, mortise and tenons, spline joints, and box joints. In addition 10 joinery, the router can be used to create relief carvings, to cut curves, to plane wood stock to desired thickness, and to surface wood stock.