I used a Sears router and dove tail jig to build my Cherry kitchen and bathroom
cabinet drawers.
About 30 drawers all dove tailed. Used it for the stair stringers and counter
tops and numerous
other projects. Worked fine.
It has 1/4" shaft. You will need something bigger to make raised panel doors. I
used a home made
shaper (Guilliam) with a 1/2" spindle and carbide cutters. They probably only
sell carbide cutters
now. I wouldn't buy anything else.
This was back in the early 80s, so maybe Sears stuff is different now.
Don Malling
scott.hall@comcast.net wrote:
> 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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