I am new here also. Been lurking and reading for a little while. Thought it time to come out and play. I am 42, live in Houston and am trying to put together a shop. I am a wannabee. My wife and I have no kids at home...all grown and gone. So being the kind and understanding person she is, I have my shop inside the house. I took what used to be the formal living and dining area and closed it off. Ripped up the carpet and have been hard at work buyng tools. Dust collector is on garage with duct work running through attic. I have one more major peice to buy and I think I will be set for a week or 2.
I have come up with a couple of questions, I will post seperately for each. The first one I have is about routers. I read a post earlier about the tables you have been building. First of all....VERY nice work by all who posted pictures. Secondly, looks like there is quite a following of people using the M12V router. Why? is this better, cheaper than the Porter Cable? I will eventually build a table and am now thinking of what model router to look for. I buy used in good shape when I can.
Dwayne