I-carbide woodworking efakwe futhi ebizwa ngokuthi abasiki bezinkuni ze-carbide, inezinhlangothi ezine zokusika ukuze imiphetho ingajikiswa ukuze kuvezwe unqenqema olusha lokusika lapho lubuthuntu noma luchotshoziwe, okuholela ekunciphiseni isikhathi esincane kakhulu nokonga okukhulu kubasiki be-carbide abavamile. Iba ukukhetha kokuqala kwethuluzi lesimanje lokusika izinkuni lokusika okubukhali, indawo ebushelelezi, ukuqina okuqinile, umsindo ophansi namandla aphezulu.