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Building a Cabinet with Drawers on a Budget
I want to build a cabinet with drawers but I don't have many tools. I have a drill, a square, a level, and some hand saws.
Most guides make use of a table saw and dado blades. I'm thinking about buying a Router and Router Table as a substitute to this. Does that make sense?
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Yes, I don't have any dado blades, anything I would use them for I use a router for. While for long rabbets the dado can be better, good set up and technique the router can do just as good.
The router is also much smaller than a table saw (a good one) and has many other uses as well.
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For dados in larger boards, a router guided by a straight edge clamped square to the board can be easier than a router table. There are a number of good jig designs, depending on how often you're going to cut the same dado, how much alignment you want the jig to do automagically, and so on.
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Building a Cabinet with Drawers on a Budget
I want to build a cabinet with drawers but I don't have many tools. I have a drill, a square, a level, and some hand saws.
Most guides make use of a table saw and dado blades. I'm thinking about buying a Router and Router Table as a substitute to this. Does that make sense?
1534 bronze badges
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Yes, I don't have any dado blades, anything I would use them for I use a router for. While for long rabbets the dado can be better, good set up and technique the router can do just as good.
The router is also much smaller than a table saw (a good one) and has many other uses as well.
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