There's a great starter book called "The Raw Food Detox Diet" by Natalia Rose. I would definitely recommend picking up this book. It's basic enough, but has a ton a great information. You just have to read it! It also has a bunch of yummy recipes and even a food plan if you're interested in weight loss. It is important that you don't go completely raw right away because chances are you won't stick with it that way.

You will want a few appliances. The things I use most is a juicer, blender, food processor, and spiralizer (that makes veggies into pasta type form). I would suggest getting these so that you don't have any boundaries when choosing a recipe.

It can be expensive if you're juicing a lot, but otherwise you pretty much save money since you're planning out your meals and after a while you begin to feel satisfied from smaller portions.

I've been raw for a few months now, and I've NEVER had this much natural energy. I don't even drink coffee anymore. I have a fresh green juice in the morning and it's live enzymes give me energy to last through the whole day. No more caffeine crash.

Raw food is amazing for you life, and body. It's all natural, and you gain so many health benefits from it. You will also lose weight, and you don't have to restrict yourself with portion sizes so much, because it's all natural, whole, and nutrient filled foods. It was the best change I've made in my life.

You can google for raw food websites for new recipes once you get started, but I really recommend that book more than anything. She has a very specific food plan that is very different than the usual food and diet books.

One more thing, doing the actual detox may be a little bit of a rough experience. Depending on how much junk you eat, or if you've ever detoxed before, you can feel like you have the flu almost. But that's the worst case scenario, and you just have to remember what great things it's doing for your body. You're literally cleaning out your whole system of all the junk and starting fresh.

To answer the rest of your questions...I noticed feeling better the day I started (but I had already been through a detox a few month prior using ayruvedic herbs). I would say you'd feel a big difference after a few days of eating all raw. And, no you cannot make juice with a blender. A juicer extracts all juice from the fruit or veggie and leaves behind the fibers of them in a separate container. Look into which juicer would be right for you. You can get a very basic one from target or craigslist for a cheap start. To start you mostly just want to get into the habit of juicing and see how you like it. The nicer juicers can get pricey. There's one I want that juices green leafy veggies, and if that's one you'd like you have to make sure that's what it does. Some only juice firm fruits of veggies. So do some researching on that.
Yes, you can make your smoothies in the blender. You may also use the blender to make raw ice "creams" and different sauces for your meals. Or salad dressings. Lot's of things.
As for a shopping list, I'd just buy whatever fruits and veggies you like for the first week, because the whole point is to just stick to it in the beginning. Especially if you eat a lot of meats, I would just start out eating vegetarian for a week, and gradually incorporate more raw foods (like raw breakfast and lunch, but a cooked dinner). That's what I did and it was fairly easy. It was mostly about making time to plan your meals, or making them ahead of time to bring to work, etc.
Hope all this info helps!

Here's some websites I get recipes from often...