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Router vs. Table Saw as first major tool purchase
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a bit set with the money instead. At least then I could rough cut with my
circular saw and finish with the router. Plus, then I could do rabbets,
dadoes, etc.
Agree, disagree, head up my ass, other opinions?
Depends on what you want to do. I use my router a couple, three times a
year. I use my table saw almost daily.
You don't *need* a dado blade to do dadoes (or grooves, or certain types of
rabbets). I don't have one. I make multiple passes, and clean up the cuts
with a chisel. Now, I'll grant you, I'm looking forward to getting one
some day. I'd even like to have a shop some day with *two* saws, so I can
leave one set up with a dado. But until then, I get by just fine.
As for a good blade, I presume you're thinking something like a WWII? I
don't have one of those yet either. Buying a decent Freud blade for $35
made a world of difference on my saw. Yeah, $35 isn't free, and there are
weeks when I couldn't come up with that kind of cash myself, but you're
more likely to scrounge $35 than $100 for a WWII.
Also, dollar for dollar, routers are useless without bits, and decent router
bits are *not* cheap. I expect you'll get a hell of a lot more mileage out
of a $35 saw blade than a $35 in router bits.
Anyway, sounds like you need to pick up a good table saw book and see the
myriad things you can do with that critter. Seems to me you don't realize
what you have there. Especially if you're lucky enough to be starting with
a gloatable one. Mine is a complete POS.
Pat yourself on the back for doing the right thing, and enjoy!
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Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
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