Shaping and cutting plastic materials by machine (bandsaw, drilling, metal centre lathe and moulding trimmer).

The cutting of holes in sheet or block materials. Cutting oils or other lubricants may sometimes be required particularly when drilling mild steel.

The drilling of holes in workpieces too large to bring to fixed machines.Most portable power tools are electrically operated but pneumatic tools are used where compressed air is available. The use of tools with integral low-voltage battery packs is increasing

The cutting of a mortise using a hollow chisel-type machine that incorporates a drill bit within the chisel.