Quote Originally Posted by SirMorris
For a job such as putting together a Rockcliff, do you think nipping down to HSS and renting either a table saw or router table would be worthwhile?
Why dont you do what i did and get yourself down to B'n'Q, they are doing a hand held router for £19.99 or a £24.99 that comes with 12 cuting bits. You'v seen the cuts on my build so far all i do is clamp a guide fence along the line i wanna cut and off i go with the router.

I'v also got a table saw, gota say thats one key tool to have as i was finding it tricky making all the cuts with just the hand held router as i didnt have a big work space i could cut the sheets of MDF on. For repeated cuts like you get on the rockcliff machine i.e rod support plates i myself want them all to be accurately cut and looking how they should when its all done up, filled, sealed and painted. If you get yourself a good quality blade, keep everything looked after you should be fine.

I'm gonna be using the table saw time and time again and the hand held router, so it was worth me buying them but for the prices above and the table saw only costing £49 folds from Argos you cant really moan.

Especially when you know what your making will make that money back soon enuff, i'v also got a Bench top Fretsaw (by record power, £100) again as i make everything by hand i need this like air right now, this is part of why i'm making the router table so i can automate alot of my work and speed production up.

I need these tools but there gonna make me money back and pay for the cost to build the Rockcliff machine, once the machine is built some tools i wont need but you never no.

This is a hobby for you so, live with-in your means, do what you can afford.