{"id":7302,"date":"2018-08-22T13:33:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T13:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tedswoodworking.com\/new\/dup-zzzz-tedswoodworking-home-page-articles-5-tips\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T18:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T18:49:01","slug":"toolsforyourfirstshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tedswoodworking.com\/new\/toolsforyourfirstshop\/","title":{"rendered":"(zzzz) TedsWoodworking Home Page Articles \u2013 Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tools You Need For Your First Shop<\/h2>\n

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Here’s a great question from one of our readers: “Given a $1000 budget, what tools would you recommend for a beginner in woodworking?”  <\/span><\/p>\n

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This question is about a beginner setup in woodworking as opposed to carpentry. The goal is to make basic functional furniture in a city.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Specifically, what tools and brands are most necessary to get started woodworking with a $1000 initial budget. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

These are the tools I’d recommend for basic fundamentals and for building simple small crafts<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Chisels<\/strong><\/p>\n

Irwin Marples Blue Chip Chisels ($70)There are lots of specific use chisels you could add over time, but I don’t think you can skip the basic set.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Hand Planes<\/strong>I have an antique Miller Falls #4 right now, which cost me $40. I had to spend hours cleaning it up and tuning it, and I think you’ll have to do the same with most new hand planes too.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I’d like to get a #7 or #8 plane and a scrub plane first, and then add more specialty planes as I learn how to use them. (If I had the money, the space, and a dust collection system, I’d probably get a jointer and a planer.) I’m expecting to pay at least $100 for the larger #7 or #8 plane, and hopefully around $20 or less for the small scrub plane.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is one category of tools where the saying, “they don’t make them like they used to” seems to be especially true. At least, that’s what my instructor told us. I think you can buy nice, new hand planes, but they’re very expensive.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Spokeshave<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kunz151 Flat and Round Bottom Spokeshaves ($27)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Sharpening System for Hand Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japanese 1200\/8000 Combination Water Stone ($35)G9650 9″ x 12″ x 3″ Granite Surface Plate, 2 Ledges ($30)Somax No 22 Honing Guide ($12)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

You’ll go through LOTS of sandpaper when you’re initially tuning your hand tools. I think you should expect to spend at least $100 on sandpaper. But the good news is that you only have to go through the flattening process once, and then you’re just working on maintaining your edge.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Hand Saws<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japanese Gyokucho Dovetail Saw for Fine Work ($42)Coping Saws ($5)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Marking and Measuring<\/strong><\/p>\n

Engineering Squares (set of four for $30)Robert Larson Combination Squares ($9)Back Channel Dovetail Markers (depends; you could also try making these)Marking knifeRosewood & Brass Marking Gauge ($30)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Clamps<\/strong>I think the rule is that you can never have enough clamps. I only have four bar clamps, two speed clamps, and a couple of cheap C clamps.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Power Tools<\/strong><\/p>\n

Table sawBand sawMitre sawJig sawDrill pressCorded drillCordless drillOrbital sander<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Estate sales, antique stores and eBay are a really great way to acquire hand tools cheaply.<\/p>\n

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Tools You Need For Your First Shop<\/a><\/p>\n

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