I'm also shopping for a router.
I know very little about woodworking except that I'd like to learn to make my
own cabinets someday as a project. but now I need to cut some (well, a lot) or
dovetail joints and I've seen in fhb and fww that I can buy a jig for a router
and cut decent ones. not perfect hand-cut good, but good enough, and no one
will see them anyway, and I don't have any practice, so machine-cut they are.
so I need a router. probably a table too, I guess.
anyhow, the bro says get a plunge router while I'm at it, will be able to do
more with it. so I see the bosch, porter-cable and the dewalt. all seem
nifty. surely someone has opinions.
I found this:
http://www.woodcentral.com/bparticles/rreview.shtml
but I honestly don't know what a good chunk of it means. seems like the first
one listed would be up my alley, but the dw-625 seems to be the first choice.
is it possible to buy one router and grow into it, or do I resign myself to
buying two and just buy the one I need now?
thanks.
scott
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