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		Operations with Routing Machines - Course: Mechanical woodworking techniques. Trainees' handbook of lessons (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 13 p.)
			(introduction...)
			1. The Purpose of Routing Machine Milling
			2. Assembly of a Routing Machine
			3. Routing machine tools
			4. Tool Guiding Possibilities
			5. Basic Provisions of Labour Safety when Operating Routing Machines

1. The Purpose of Routing Machine Milling

The routing machine is a wood-working appliance. A great many processing operations are possible because of the special arrangement of the work spindle and the nature of the tools. The keynote fields of application are:

- profile milling and surface milling of workpiece narrow and wide faces,
- milling curved profiles and contours,
- copy milling operations
- producing ornaments and decorations.