In the field of wood working, drilling machines are applied to produce bores with special tasks.
Selection of the machines according to their application:
| Application | Type of machine | 
| bores with free assembly works | bench, pillar drilling machines, knot drilling machines, routing machines | 
| horizontal bores | long hole milling cutters | 
| several adjacent bores | dowel-hole drilling machines | 
Bores are produced in order to
- manufacture through holes and countersinks to locate screws and mountings;
- manufacture bottom and through holes for dowel joints;
- eliminate defects in wooden parts.
Figure 1 - Bore types
 
1 bore for flat head screws, 2 bore for cylinder head screws, 3 through hole, 4 bottom bore for dowels, 5 drilled out defect, 6 wood disk to be inserted