I was at the store with LOML buying a roundover bit so I can make bullnose for stair treads. She is poking around waiting for me to finish up and she asks what is this machine? She is standing in front of a Steel City 3 HP shaper.
http://www.steelcitytoolworks.com/pr...=11&tool=48105
I explain what it is used for and she then she says "Don't you need one?" So of course I tell her no, my homemade router table works just fine. She proceeds to tell me that since we are saving at least $3,000 by doing the stairs ourselves and the shaper is only $1,100 then shouldn't I get it!!!

So that gets me thinking, why doesn't someone sell a router table that is the same quality as a shaper? I think I would pay a lot of money for a router table setup that was as nice as that shaper setup. I've read all the shaper vs. router threads, is maybe the answer that if you want a router table setup as nice as a shaper then you may as well buy a shaper?