furniture making and flat pack furniture with cam dowels

[Fred]

Is that by Hylton and Matlack? I must admit, the router is not my favourite tool. A good book would boost my confidence with it.

[John Rumm]

The posh ones do, but a basic one can be had for £40 or so.

If you want cheap easy joins, then have a look at something like a pocket hole jig...

A bit corny, but you get the idea:

biscuit jointing is also very cheap once you have the machine:

[John Rumm]

Hugely versatile tool once you get a bit of practice with it.

[The Medway Handyman]

You can buy a drill guide like this

which gives surprisingly good results. Axminster also have a good selection of doweling jigs.

Another option is to screw it together & use a plug cutter to hide the screws.

[Fred]

I think there is a new edition due to be published in August. I wonder whether to wait that long?