Thanks!
I actually already stumbled over the_beast's workings. It looks very good. I wish I had that kind of equipment.
Nubbinators case looks like what I will try to achieve. I am curious how to do it with a hand tool router. I don't have much experience with hand tool routers, unfortunately. but I am eager to learn about it.
Yesterday, I made a wrist rest from some scrap wood. as soon as I'm home, i will post a picture, it somehow has a particular pattern because it was 1.5 cm three-layer plywood, so the middle layer is oriented the other way round, and that shows.