I had a job in a US Gov't metallurgical laboratory when I was in school. They had a bench-mounted belt sander - very old and beautiful cast iron machine. The sander was vented into a 4" galvanized smokepipe vacuum line that ran up the wall about 10 feet then overhead about 40 feet until you lost sight of it.
One day I decided to put an edge on a knife using the belt sander. What I didn't know is that the guy who generally worked in that lab used the belt sander exclusively for magnesium.
All across the ceiling the bottom of the tin pipe glowed a brilliant orange - very impressive. Zinc dripped like condensation onto the floor. Ooops.
I think my local HD rent routers, but you have to supply your own bits.
If you're routing MDF in your apartment, be careful of the dust. Breathing that stuff in can't be good for you. I love the workability of MDF, but the dust it generates is a real pain. Sticks to plastic surface like iron filling to a magnet.
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