We use this in a trade school setting to cut out guitar bodies and guitar necks using templates. Even with the 4 flutes you should still pay attention to the way your grain runs, but this thing works great. If you sand up to a 32nd of your template, it will cut out a 1 3/4” body in one pass. We slow the table router down and take our time to keep things safe. A step above your average contenders.