![]() Good to have you on board hope to hear more from you.When you’re beginning on your woodworking journey, investing in good quality tools and equipment is always costly at first. Would I pay to buy one today? Nope (but I did a long time ago)! Not after I realized how easy it is to make one with a fence that works. Does it do what it is supposed to do? You bet it does.ĭoes the aluminum top leave ugly black marks on the wood? Yep? Do they rub or sand off easily? Yep! I have one very similar to it from Craftsman. If you need help you are in the right place. scrounge up some scraps of lumber from Construction Sites and make your own table. I have a craftsman router and would send it to you but it needs a part that you would have to order assuming that they still make it. You are in a very lucky situation, your Dad has a lightly used Router from a period when Craftsman made decent stuff. So it really doesn't matter how fancy the tools are. I know for sure one of those gifts have stood the test of time. $30 bucks didn't go that far even in 1980. That's it, my first projects were gifts because I was too broke to buy any. ![]() I tell you that when I started I had a Hammer, a Steel Square, a handsaw all things that I had from cribbing elevators, plus a borrowed power drill, and found a Skill Circ Saw brand new for under $30's. As we get better or have more money we upgrade our tools. right! My point is this, we all started somewhere many of us with less than desirable tools. Otherwise how would any of us know that the table is crap. It is apparent that others including myself have been in your shoes. Canadian Tire has an excellent return policy. What is the worst thing that could happen? You use it. Now, to sit back and let the stones fall upon meįirst to answer your question, i'll ask another question. Just figured I let you know that for me and what I do, I haven't had a problem with the router yet. I dunno - maybe I'm completely wrong here and maybe buying the el-cheapo crap might even turn you off from woodworking altogether. You might hate woodworking! (as an aside and example, I always get a chuckle out of people who go out and buy a $700-$1000 guitar with the intent of learning to play, only to have the thing collect dust and then have to offload it for a fraction of what they paid - get the cheap guitar first to see if you like it, then move up from their). If you're just starting out, dropping $200 on a single tool might be a waste of money. Maybe if I was doing a lot of oak and maple and any of the harder woods I would have chucked the router a while ago. I've built coffee tables, bookcases, adirondack chairs and soon to start on my little girls bed. ![]() For me, I've done edge routing and dados for shelves in book cases and I mostly work with cheap materials (pine, cedar, and good old mdf). But like anything, I guess it's good to know what type of usage you have planned for it. And I too agree that if you can, save the $$$ and get a good tool to start with (thx Max for the tip on the Freud FTE2000 - gonna keep my eyes open for that one). I'm definitely not as hard core as most everyone here and I've got a lot of learning/growing to do when it comes to woodworking. ![]() But my wife gave me the router last year for XMas (not the table) and it suits me fine for the type of work I do now. Is the router worth the money? Probably not. ![]()
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