Thanks for the info guys, and the offer to help, julie...I have been scavenging the net for info on my router purchase...Sooooooooo many options in the 1-2 hundred range.
Heeeeelp!
Im a bit(ahem) torn between a fixed base and a plunge...(a 'kit' with both is not out of the question, but I'd rather get a more reliable fixed base than a mediocre kit, if that makes sense?)...but how often do you'all use your router table as opposed to routing by hand?
If the table will get the most use, then I was considering the Bosch #1617 fixed base, and only take it out when I need it. Another consideration for mostly table use is which routers are easiest to adjust while in a table? anything that is adjustable from the top?
Also,,,,for 1/4 inch boxjoints in 3/4" thick hardwood....What kind of bit should I be looking at? A slotcutter?,,,in upcut/downcut??? There seems to be even more choices of bits than there are router choices..AAAaaahhhhhhhhh! My head is spinning!( er, pardon the pun)
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1) (the eternal question): What router to get?
.......and
2) What bit for 1/4" boxjoints?
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