I'm not a skilled carpenter but I built my own workbench and don't have a plane if I have one. I used this router bit in my own leveler and it was perfect for the job. It left a few whorls in various places, and there's no flattened part on the shank for the cutter to grab hold of, but it seems to have stayed in place and gotten the job done. It's quite large so I haven't used it for anything else yet.