Replies

1. 
   pzaxtl | Oct 06, 2009 10:01am | #1

   Buy the new router and build a router table!

    

   ♫ If you’re OCD and you know it wash your hands ♫

2. 
   roc | Oct 06, 2009 11:18am | #2

   Keep the cheep B&D though. If you tape it to a can of house paint it makes a great paint shaker ! Nothing vibrates like a B&D

   : )

   Shaper spindles tilt and are much quieter. Much stouter spindle. Reverse direction. All nice to have. If you are considering a shaper I'd get that.

   router $200
   plate/raiser $200 to 300
   cabinet and top $ 100 +
   fence $150 +

   total minimum ~ $700

   Plus your time putting all this together rather than doing wood working $200 $300 ?

   nice shaper $599 to a thousand ( as you probably know )

   http://www.grizzly.com/products/1-1-2-HP-Shaper/G1035

   roc

   Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

   
   

   ---

   Edited 10/6/2009 4:23 am by roc

3. 
   GregoryPaolini | Oct 06, 2009 01:53pm | #3

   I'm a big fan of the PC 690 routers - You can get them in combo's with a fixed and plunge base for about $200.  Lot's of times they'll even come with the edge guide as a bonus. 

   Then, with a bunch of scrap, you can make a nice simple router table, and be on your way to making your bench.

    

   Hope this helps!

   Gregory Paolini

   http://www.GregoryPaolini.com

   Custom Furniture, Cabinetry, and Woodworking Instruction