Hi Newto:
My advice is that you buy a router kit, like the Porter Cable 890. It comes with
both plunge and fised bases. Beware of the real cheap router sets, because if
you stay with wood working you'll probably end up buying a better router down
the line. If you don't like it a good router set is a lot easier to resell.
From the description of what you want to do, you do not need a router table.
A shelf can be edge profiled when it is fastened down to a work bench, as long as
the material hang over the bench edge. Making heard designs in the material is a little harder. I would make a template of a heart shape, and fit the router with a bushing.
The bushing will follow your template, the bit inside the bushing will cut out the heart shape. Depending on the outside diameter of the bushing, and the size of the bit used,
will determing how much bigger you will need to make the template to get the size of
the heart design you want..
Hope this helps.. Good luck, Woodnut65
My advice is that you buy a router kit, like the Porter Cable 890. It comes with
both plunge and fised bases. Beware of the real cheap router sets, because if
you stay with wood working you'll probably end up buying a better router down
the line. If you don't like it a good router set is a lot easier to resell.
From the description of what you want to do, you do not need a router table.
A shelf can be edge profiled when it is fastened down to a work bench, as long as
the material hang over the bench edge. Making heard designs in the material is a little harder. I would make a template of a heart shape, and fit the router with a bushing.
The bushing will follow your template, the bit inside the bushing will cut out the heart shape. Depending on the outside diameter of the bushing, and the size of the bit used,
will determing how much bigger you will need to make the template to get the size of
the heart design you want..
Hope this helps.. Good luck, Woodnut65