re: Starting Woodworking, what should I get?

You can do a lot of things with a router without the table, especially for the project you are doing.

I have done similar and got a lot more use out of table saw.

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I guess a table saw might be worth replacing the router table on the list. A little too pricey to get both. I could get by with my current router to do the limited rounding over I plan to do.

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My reasoning was that I had seen a lot of people getting by pretty easily with just the track saws. Also dont absolutely need dado joints, but figured I could get it done with the router as I'd like to include them. Sound like table saw is very useful though.

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Boy I'm glad I purchased all this stuff over the years. Delta Unisaw, Delta bandsaw, Festool track saw, a Hammer Jointer/Planer, a General router table with a big ole Porter Cable 3 HP VS router and other stuff (12" DeWalt sliding compound miter saw). I hate to think of what all that stuff costs including the four or five Forrest Woodworker, Chopmaster and Dado blades. It was thousands of bucks and I cringe to think about it. Recently I got the $140 Kreg pocket hole system. You have to get one of those. You can then forget about dado and some mortise and tenon joinery.