A device and a method for machining a workpiece are provided, wherein said workpiece includes segments of wood, wood-based materials, synthetic material or the like, having a first milling tool for contour machining an edge attached to said workpiece, a second milling tool for contour machining the edge attached to said workpiece, which is adjustable in relation to said first milling tool between a resting position, in which said first milling tool is engageable with the workpiece, and a machining position, in which said second milling tool is engageable with a workpiece. The device is characterized by a third milling tool for flush milling a narrow side of the edge attached to said workpiece, the three milling tools being arranged coaxially to each other and all are jointly drivable by one device.

A milling head for profiling logs has two rotating machining tools, the axes of rotation of which extend parallel to one another apart from possibly deviating inclination angles of the machining tools. The machining tools are designed to each create a circumferential and an end-side machining face and the position of the circumferential machining faces of the two machining tools is settable in relation to a log to be machined independently of the respective other machining tool. With such a settable milling head, a variable double step for the subsequent detachment of two side boards can be produced on each log side, which can be optimized independently of one another on account of the log contour.