Working station for attaching a profile element to a planar workpiece (W), namely in a groove of a panel, which workpiece preferably at least partially comprises a wooden, wood-based or plastics portion, said working station comprising: a feed drive for feeding in a profile element strand (K) from a storage device , a preferably vertically oriented intermediate store for receiving a portion of the profile element strand (K), an intermediate drive and a severing station for severing the profile element strand (K), the working station comprising a freely rotating pressure roller for pressing a portion of the profile element strand (K) fed through the intermediate drive against a workpiece, the profile element strand (K) being conveyed to the pressure roller in a positionally accurate manner by means of the intermediate drive , a deflection device being attached to the working station , the profile element strand leaving the storage device and being deflected into a substantially vertical direction by means of the deflection device , characterised in that a first guide channel is provided between the feed drive and the intermediate store optionally in the throughput direction of the profile element strand (K), and a second guide channel is provided between the intermediate store and the intermediate drive , the profile element strand (K) being movable in a relatively free manner in the intermediate store and being deflected from a somewhat vertical direction into a direction pointing downwards in the vertical direction by means of a rounded portion of the intermediate store that is at the top in the vertical direction, such that the profile element strand (K) enters the second guide channel . a feed drive for feeding in a profile element strand (K) from a storage device , a preferably vertically oriented intermediate store for receiving a portion of the profile element strand (K), an intermediate drive and a severing station for severing the profile element strand (K), the working station comprising a freely rotating pressure roller for pressing a portion of the profile element strand (K) fed through the intermediate drive against a workpiece, the profile element strand (K) being conveyed to the pressure roller in a positionally accurate manner by means of the intermediate drive , a deflection device being attached to the working station , the profile element strand leaving the storage device and being deflected into a substantially vertical direction by means of the deflection device , characterised in that a first guide channel is provided between the feed drive and the intermediate store optionally in the throughput direction of the profile element strand (K), and a second guide channel is provided between the intermediate store and the intermediate drive , the profile element strand (K) being movable in a relatively free manner in the intermediate store and being deflected from a somewhat vertical direction into a direction pointing downwards in the vertical direction by means of a rounded portion of the intermediate store that is at the top in the vertical direction, such that the profile element strand (K) enters the second guide channel . <EOS>