A few years ago, I bought the Incra system, Jessem router table and lift with all the bells and whistles, and seneca plate to connect the LS positioner to the Festool MFT, thinking I could start churning out perfectly dovetailed drawers. Never happened. I don't think I completed even a single drawer. I started cutting dovetails by hand, which is more my speed.
Nothing at all against the Incra product, as it seems to be wonderfully accurate and repeatable, but it just isn't compatible with how my brain works.
And Mark Hennebury's recent post reminded me that using the router mainly makes me tense. Woodworking is supposed to be therapeutic, not make me need therapy.
So the question I have is this: If the only thing I ever use the router table for is to put a profile on the edge of a board, and that is very seldom, wouldn't a homemade fence be much simpler and easy to set up? Or will I immediately regret it if I sell the Incra system?
Any thoughts?