petebert wrote:
I'm a novice with woodworking. Want to build a microwave stand with cabinets
and other shelves that will be about 6' tall. I figure using a dado blade of
some sort would be best for the slots for the shelves. Is the blades for my
table saw the best option for making the straight line? How hard would it be
with a hand held router? Right now I dont own the blade set or a router and
trying to figure out what I'm going to buy for this project. Thought the
router because I want to use it for other stuff on this project too, just
not sure if its a good idea for doing the straight lines with.

Depending on the location of the cuts and specifics of the saw, dado
set will cut the slots much faster, with much less effort, than router.
Just the nature of the cutter geometry.

If the dado set doesn't give flat enough bottom, you might finish off
the cut with a skim pass of the router. Clamp on straight-edge to work
such that it's offset from the center of slot by the radius of the
router base. To K.I.S.S., you might use dado set to cut, say, 3/8

J