Start with a slider? Nice if you can afford it or fit it in your shop but not necessary. I did all my kitchen cabinets using my 15 year old Grizzly 1023 right tilt 3 hp table saw, a Grizzly track saw for breaking down sheet goods and a good (shop built) router table. And a few other odds and ends. A new G1023 is $1350 plus shipping, throw in their track saw for $350 and a good router table and router and you are way under $3 grand for your major tools, all brand new. Sure a planer and jointer would be nice, but if your local lumber supplier will surface your lumber four sides you can skip that for now. But beware, this is a very slippery slope you are sitting at the edge of. I went with Euro style cabs with raised panel doors (all Hickory) and assembled the carcases with a quality dowel jig. I did make good use of a Delta lunchbox planer and an old hand-me-down 6" jointer.
Last edited by Ole Anderson; 01-18-2016 at 7:10 PM.
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