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Spiral Saw or Router??

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ericball:
My only suggestion is to go corded (and variable speed) rather than cordless for your first drill.  Why?  Grunt power.  I don't care how many volts is in the battery pack, a corded drill has 100+VAC and 10+Amps to draw on if necessary.  Cordless is great when you are working in places where there are no outlets handy, but the rest of the time I plug in.

Oh, and there's the safety side.  When changing bits I unplug just in case.

My dad says I can have his drillpress & tablesaw when he finishes his basement.  Now I just have to figure out where to put them in my basement & how to ship them cheaply cross country.

rdagger:

--- Quote ---I just finished my cab and I'd have to say the three most important tools I had were 1. Circular Saw, 2. Cordless Drill and 3. Router.
--- End quote ---

I'd substitute a Jigsaw for the Circular saw, because although it is slower, it can make all the cuts you need for a cabinet.

clanggedin:
I built my last cab using just a Sabre saw (JigSaw).

Lilwolf:
My vote is...

wakerlet:
I caved last night and bought a router.  I found one on sale at Home Depot (Ridged) that had three bases (plunge, fixed and some other one) for $87.  2HP and both 1/4 and 1/2 collets.  Not a bad price IMO.

-Todd

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