Panel raising cutters

These are used to produce traditional raised and fielded panels, usually in conjunction with the profile scribe cutters. Available in two forms, they can be either of very large diameter that requires the panel to be worked horizontally, or smaller diameter ones that are used with the panel held vertically. 

Being so large, it is essential that they are used with a powerful variable speed router that can reduce speed to about 10,000 rpm. Most of the horizontal cutters are bearing guided, so they can field curved or arch topped panels.

Panel mould cutters

 These are different from the panel raising cutters in that they are used to cut decorative profiles into an existing plain surface. They are ideal as a means of quickly adding a panel effect detail to a flat door or drawer fronts, but as the cuts are all internal, the corners are necessarily rounded. 

Normally, they are used in conjunction with a template and guide bush follower, though some have a top mounted bearing as a guide.