[0:00] don't waste money on tools that you do
[0:02] not need here's what every beginner
[0:04] woodworker should buy first when you
[0:06] start woodworking it can be confusing
[0:08] and a little overwhelming on what tools
[0:10] you actually need in this video we're
[0:12] going to break it down step by step on
[0:13] what tools to buy in what order both
[0:16] power and hand tools and I'm going also
[0:18] tell you how to save some money on those
[0:20] tools and to help you out even further I
[0:21] put together a complete buyer guide for
[0:23] beginner Woodworkers and I'll put that
[0:25] as the first link in the description and
[0:26] the pin comment to help you find it
[0:28] easier as well as all these tools you
[0:29] see today will be linked down there
[0:31] let's go now there are a ton of options
[0:33] on the market for woodworking tools and
[0:34] it can be confusing and overwhelming
[0:37] when you start trying to figure out what
[0:38] you actually need but I think there's
[0:40] five essential tools that every
[0:41] woodworker should have in the shop no
[0:43] matter what they're doing and while
[0:44] these are beginner tools you'll use them
[0:46] once your skills start developing so
[0:48] you're not wasting your money on them
[0:50] and the First Essential tool I think you
[0:51] need is a circular saw now I started
[0:54] with a Boral circular saw and two Boral
[0:56] drills Building outdoor furniture and as
[0:58] I sold that furniture because really
[1:00] that's all you needed to build that
[1:02] stuff was saw and drills when I started
[1:04] selling those then I started upgrading
[1:06] tools as I could it's essential to have
[1:08] a circular saw in the shop because you
[1:10] can do a variety of tasks with them you
[1:12] can make various cross Cuts Square cross
[1:15] Cuts or you can even do angle cross cuts
[1:18] when you pair it with a speed square
[1:20] which we'll talk about later and also
[1:22] you can break down sheet Goods AKA cut
[1:25] plywood with it and if you're a beginner
[1:28] you're going to be using plywood as as
[1:30] well as 2 fours 2 sixs and all the
[1:32] common construction grade Lumber that
[1:33] you can find at your local Home Store to
[1:35] build projects with or at least most
[1:37] beginners do start there where is where
[1:39] I started and it did well for me then
[1:41] the second most essential tool I think
[1:43] you can buy for your shop is a drill and
[1:45] impact combo contrary to popular belief
[1:48] in most cases nowadays it doesn't matter
[1:51] what brand you go with just go with a
[1:53] brand that has brushless tools for
[1:56] instance RI OnePlus HP line is the top
[1:59] of the line of Roy obi's tools and their
[2:02] brushless tools and they're great they
[2:04] work great or if you're a Harbor Freight
[2:06] fan just pick up the brushless Harbor
[2:08] Freight Tools they're fine if you like
[2:10] Milwaukee pick up Milwaukee it doesn't
[2:12] matter you just need a way to cut the
[2:14] wood and put the wood together and
[2:16] that's essentially all you need when you
[2:17] get the brushless tools that means
[2:19] you're getting more power and more
[2:20] battery life out of those cordless tools
[2:22] they're just better all around now there
[2:24] are much cheaper options if you go with
[2:26] the brush line of cordless tools but I
[2:28] think in the long run you'll be more
[2:30] disappointed with the performance and
[2:31] battery life on those as well as the
[2:33] durability versus if you would have went
[2:35] with the brushless line to begin with
[2:36] I'll link to some of my favorites in the
[2:38] description But ultimately just pick the
[2:40] color you like and go with it it's fine
[2:42] the third essential power tool that you
[2:44] need in the shop is a random orbital
[2:47] sander I think this one's the best one
[2:49] under $100 this is DeWalt usually runs
[2:51] about 80ish dollars give or take a
[2:53] little bit depending on the sales it's a
[2:55] great sander variable speed just an
[2:57] allaround fantastic sander you can also
[2:59] check out the Craftsman it's only about
[3:01] 30 20 $30 less it's the exact same
[3:04] sander as far as I'm concerned as this
[3:06] sander it just doesn't have varable
[3:08] speed variable speed is nice to have not
[3:10] mandatory but you absolutely need a
[3:11] sander if you're going to be Woodworking
[3:13] and these are some of the best in my
[3:15] opinion now there are some that I didn't
[3:17] like I tested like 15 16 different
[3:19] Sanders and I found that those two were
[3:21] probably the best Milwaukee makes a good
[3:23] one as well and recently the M12
[3:26] Milwaukee sander if you have the budget
[3:28] you don't need this it's a 6 in sander
[3:30] it's very expensive but it's also very
[3:32] nice but you don't need to spend a lot
[3:34] of money to get a good finish and I
[3:36] think that's where these more budget
[3:37] friendly options come into play now
[3:39] after those essential tools I think
[3:40] there's two more that are vital to a
[3:43] very good well-rounded beginner
[3:45] woodworking shop not necessarily
[3:47] mandatory but you'll absolutely love
[3:49] having these and number one is the
[3:51] jigsaw the jigsaw you'll be able to cut
[3:53] curves and various things that you can't
[3:56] do with a circular saw and it's just one
[3:58] of those things that just adds a lot of
[3:59] variety to your projects for instance if
[4:01] you're making sh cterie boards it's a
[4:03] really good way to cut off those curved
[4:05] handles or if you're making slotted
[4:06] handles like I did on my stove cover
[4:08] that's where a jigsaw is going to come
[4:10] in handy now I would just go with the
[4:12] battery powered one that's whatever
[4:14] battery powered drill and driver that
[4:15] you picked up that's probably the best
[4:17] option but there's a lot of corded
[4:19] options on the market if you want to
[4:20] save a little bit of money and go with a
[4:22] corded option or you just prefer corded
[4:24] tools but having a jigsaw is one of
[4:26] those things that just it helps a lot
[4:29] and the fifth the entral power tool I
[4:30] think every Woodworking Shop needs at
[4:32] least at some point maybe you're not
[4:34] there as a beginner but very soon after
[4:36] your start you're going to want to pick
[4:38] up a router again I have a bunch of
[4:40] favorites I think the Milwaukee M18
[4:43] router is probably the best one that
[4:44] I've used however there's some great
[4:46] ones as well DeWalt makes a great one RI
[4:49] makes a great one here it is I've tested
[4:52] a bunch of them and there's not a lot of
[4:54] difference in most of them I'm not a
[4:56] huge fan of the Makita one but a lot of
[4:58] people love it so you really just
[4:59] depends on which one you like which
[5:01] brand you like just get the cordless
[5:03] version of that Palm router that's going
[5:05] to let you do edge profiles cut some
[5:07] small grooves in wood and a whole host
[5:09] of other things that routers can do that
[5:11] no other tool can and the main thing is
[5:14] make sure if you buy into a cordless
[5:15] tool platform that they have all of the
[5:17] tools that you think that you're going
[5:19] to need moving forward routers and
[5:21] Sanders and Saws and drills all that
[5:23] stuff is in that battery platform
[5:26] because that's what's going to be most
[5:28] important for most people rii Milwaukee
[5:30] DeWalt Makita Bosch like there's a whole
[5:34] host of Brands out there that have a
[5:36] bunch of tools in their lineup but then
[5:38] there's some very Niche tools that like
[5:40] cat come out with a drilling driver last
[5:42] year there's not a lot of tools to
[5:44] choose from on that battery platform so
[5:46] you want to make sure you choose the
[5:47] platform that has the most tools that's
[5:50] going to be beneficial for you here's a
[5:51] power tip for you if you're looking to
[5:53] buy Power Tools number one you can save
[5:55] money if you buy combo kits but there's
[5:58] a pitfall there that we'll talk about
[6:00] later that you'll want to avoid but if
[6:03] you get a combo kit with say a drill a
[6:05] driver and a circular saw you'll likely
[6:08] save money versus buying them all
[6:10] individually especially if they come
[6:11] with chargers and batteries and all that
[6:13] stuff most combo kits are going to come
[6:15] with two batteries and a charger and
[6:17] that's going to be plenty to get the job
[6:18] done with your cirular saw and your
[6:20] drill and driver the next power tip is
[6:22] one of the main tools that I wanted to
[6:24] purchase not long after I started
[6:26] woodworking was a miter saw there's some
[6:28] very good budget options out there the
[6:30] skill I think is probably the best
[6:32] budget miter saw on the market I love
[6:35] that thing I think it was a fantastic
[6:37] saw there's also some very expensive
[6:39] models out there it just depends on
[6:40] where you're at in your budget and what
[6:42] you want or feel comfortable spending on
[6:44] a miters saw skills a great start the
[6:46] DeWalt right there behind me the dws779
[6:49] is a very good MIT saw that I've had for
[6:51] years but again it's going to come down
[6:53] to what miter saw or what brands miter
[6:56] saw that you really like there's a ton
[6:58] of options I think skill is a good
[7:00] beginner option dewalt's next level up
[7:02] and if you want some space saving in
[7:03] other words they don't have the sliding
[7:05] rails on the back you may want to look
[7:06] at Makita Fest or Bosch now let's talk
[7:09] about hand tools now every woodworker on
[7:13] Earth as far as I'm concerned needs a
[7:16] few essential hand tools that you're
[7:18] going to use all the time and that's
[7:20] going to last you for a long time first
[7:22] and foremost is a tape measure now these
[7:24] are very inexpensive tools I like to
[7:27] have a few laying around the shop
[7:28] because I lose them all the time so
[7:30] you'll notice I keep them handy one of
[7:33] the most popular tape measures that I've
[7:34] shown on the channel That A lot of
[7:36] people love and I do too is the fast cap
[7:39] Lefty righty the benefit of this tape
[7:41] measure is you can read it from either
[7:43] side doesn't matter which way you're
[7:44] looking at it that's very handy and also
[7:47] it does have increments marked on there
[7:49] from 1/16th all the way up to 1516 if
[7:52] you're in aerial measurements if you're
[7:54] in a metric I'm not but I'm sure they
[7:56] have a metric version of this but if
[7:58] you're looking at Imperial a lot lot of
[7:59] people especially beginners don't know
[8:01] what a 38 is or what a 5/8 is the great
[8:04] thing about this tape measure is it's
[8:05] already on there so you'll know if you
[8:07] look at 6 and 38 and make the Mark when
[8:10] you go take this to the miter saw to lay
[8:12] out your board you can just Mark 6 and
[8:14] 38 without having to count the little
[8:15] marks they also make a standard version
[8:18] fast cap old standby this is one of my
[8:20] favorites as well and it doesn't have
[8:22] those markings and it only reads from
[8:24] one way just like most standard tape
[8:25] measures so depending on your preference
[8:27] I'll link both of those in the
[8:28] description both great little tape
[8:30] measures and they're less than 10 or 15
[8:32] bucks very inexpensive very good quality
[8:35] the next essential tool that I think
[8:37] everyone workers should own is the
[8:39] Swanson speed square often imitated
[8:41] never duplicated is the Swanson speed
[8:44] square I've owned one of these squares
[8:47] since
[8:48] 1995 I think it was this one has white
[8:51] paint on it all my tools had white paint
[8:53] on the construction job site because I
[8:54] like to keep up with my stuff and this
[8:56] is one of them these things are
[8:58] absolutely amazing and they're very
[8:59] inexpensive and you can do a ton a ton
[9:02] of stuff with them not only can you draw
[9:04] Square lines not only does it have a
[9:05] shoulder to help you scribe lines it
[9:08] also has degrees marked along the
[9:11] hypotenuse the long side of that
[9:13] triangle and that lets you lay out
[9:15] angles for instance if I needed to cut a
[9:18] 10° angle I can lay that out hold that
[9:21] square on the 10 Dee angle use my
[9:22] circular saw and cut that 10° angle
[9:24] because all the outdoor furniture I was
[9:26] building had a 10° angle on the feet and
[9:28] that's what I use used to get that done
[9:30] when I didn't have a miter saw speed
[9:32] squar is absolutely amazing this is one
[9:34] of the first squares I think you should
[9:36] buy and again inexpensive now there's no
[9:39] woodworking shop that can be complete
[9:42] without clamps and as most people say
[9:46] you can barely have enough clamps or you
[9:47] can never have enough clamps depending
[9:49] on who you're talking to now there's a
[9:51] variety of clamps out there there's a
[9:52] ton of information on what clamps you
[9:54] actually need I think most people will
[9:56] be just fine starting out with some of
[9:58] these quick F clamps you can buy these
[10:01] at most any Home Store this is an Irwin
[10:03] brand I like them they're very
[10:05] inexpensive as well Jorgenson's probably
[10:07] my favorite F clamps as far as built to
[10:09] last not a huge fan of the longer F
[10:12] clamps at Harbor Freight but I am a big
[10:14] fan of the Harbor Freight um parallel
[10:16] clamp so it just depends on what clamp
[10:18] you're looking for but I think most
[10:20] beginners should stick to getting a few
[10:22] of these F clamps these f- Style Bar
[10:24] clamps and some pipe clamps depending on
[10:27] what you're making if you're building
[10:28] tabletop like coffee tables end tables
[10:31] even dining tables or if you're making
[10:33] cutting boards that sort of thing pipe
[10:35] clamps are absolutely amazing and
[10:36] they're very inexpensive I like the
[10:38] Bessie brand that's what I own and then
[10:40] you just pick up some 3/4 inch pipe or/
[10:42] inch pipe depending on which pipe clamp
[10:44] you went with half or 3/4 I think 3/4 is
[10:47] probably the best for most people you
[10:49] can build a whole bunch of stuff with
[10:51] those and these F clamps you can also
[10:53] pick up some quick clamps little Quick
[10:54] Squeeze clamps they're also handy just
[10:56] for holding things in place when you're
[10:58] starting out don't over complicated just
[11:00] get a few clamps you're just going to
[11:01] need a way to basically squeeze that
[11:03] wood together while you're assembling it
[11:05] otherwise you can upgrade and get
[11:07] different clamps as you grow in your
[11:08] skills and understand why you would want
[11:11] to use those clamps parallel clamps are
[11:13] also great for tabletops cutting boards
[11:14] that sort of thing but for most people I
[11:16] think starting with pipe clamps is the
[11:18] better option because they're more
[11:19] affordable and you can just get the
[11:21] different lengths of pipe that you need
[11:23] 36 in or even up to 50 60in clamps
[11:25] depending on how wide of a panel you
[11:27] need to glue up pipe clamps area the
[11:29] most versatile and least expensive ones
[11:31] you could get and then of course these
[11:33] bar clamps matter of fact I started with
[11:36] just this right here these right here
[11:39] these are the her ones I started with
[11:40] all that glue is dried on the handle I
[11:42] use these for a very long time to glue
[11:43] up a whole bunch of stuff before I was
[11:45] able to afford anything else and so I
[11:47] would probably recommend getting these
[11:49] first then some squeeze clamps then the
[11:52] pipe clamps and then if you need them
[11:53] get some parallel clamps but you're
[11:55] going to need a few clamps the next
[11:56] essential tool every woodworker is going
[11:58] to need is not a claw hammer that's a
[12:01] carpenter you're a woodworker claw
[12:03] hammers are they have their place and
[12:05] you should probably have one but you
[12:06] need a mallet and it doesn't matter
[12:08] really if it's a rubber mallet like this
[12:09] that you can pick up most anywhere very
[12:12] inexpensive I've used this one a whole
[12:14] bunch and I think I gave like3 $4 for it
[12:17] they're very very cheap or just build
[12:19] your own or buy your own wood Mallet we
[12:22] don't sell these anymore but this is
[12:24] just a standard wood Mallet that most
[12:25] anybody can make now it depends on where
[12:28] you're at and your skill level when I
[12:29] first started I didn't have the tools or
[12:31] the skill to build a mallet so I just
[12:33] bought this one and this worked great
[12:35] for a long time and then later on when
[12:37] you want to have some fun and just build
[12:39] your own you can build something like
[12:40] this the reason you want a mallet is
[12:42] because sometimes you just need to nudge
[12:44] something into place or nudge something
[12:47] out of place and these are great because
[12:49] this rubber or this wood won't
[12:51] necessarily damage the wood in any
[12:53] significant way unless you're just
[12:55] whacking away at it most of the time you
[12:56] just need to bump or nudge something
[12:58] into place get it just right so you can
[13:00] apply a little more pressure with the
[13:01] clamp or put a Fastener on there to
[13:03] secure it in place but a mallet is one
[13:05] of those things that you just need it's
[13:08] just the way it is I don't make the
[13:10] rules then the last essential tool I
[13:11] think a woodworker needs is a chisel now
[13:14] these are some of those tools that you
[13:16] don't necessarily need at first but over
[13:19] time you're going to need to remove a
[13:20] little bit of material or shave a little
[13:21] bit off or if you want to do dovetails
[13:24] or box joints or anything hand cut you
[13:27] may want to pick up a set of chisels now
[13:29] I we'll caution you on not going with
[13:31] the cheapest chisels out there because I
[13:34] did that and the reason you don't want
[13:36] to do that is the metal that they use
[13:38] for the Chisel is so soft that it
[13:40] damages easily and it will not hold an
[13:42] edge and what that means is you're going
[13:44] to be sharpening it a bunch and then a
[13:46] dull knife or a dull chisel just makes a
[13:49] mess of things that doesn't actually cut
[13:51] the wood you're just kind of hammering
[13:53] the wood out of there and it makes a
[13:54] mess so pick up a good quality set if
[13:56] you can budget it at the time you're
[13:58] ready for chisels I recommend NX RoR
[14:00] chisels this one comes in a nice little
[14:02] box I like to keep this box because it's
[14:04] easy to keep up with them and keeps them
[14:08] nice and secure or you can buy them
[14:09] individually as you need them my most
[14:11] commonly used chisel is this 3/4 in
[14:13] chisel and the/ in chisel so I think if
[14:16] you're just going to buy them
[14:17] individually you can pick up a 3/4 and a
[14:19] half you could be able to do most things
[14:20] with those if you just need to shave off
[14:22] a little wood trim things up here and
[14:24] there I think chisels are very important
[14:26] another essential hand tool for me early
[14:28] on was a pocket hole jig why because a
[14:31] pocket hole jig allowed me to make some
[14:33] really cool looking pieces without
[14:35] having to learn the skill of mortis and
[14:38] Tenon or dovetail joinery or any really
[14:40] joinery at all because pocket holes were
[14:43] very approachable very beginner friendly
[14:45] and I've made a bunch of amazing
[14:47] projects with pocket holes that have
[14:49] stood the test of time I've got outdoor
[14:51] furniture on my deck it's been out there
[14:53] for several years in the weather all
[14:54] pocket hole together still looks great
[14:56] still holding up no issues at all built
[14:58] a a ton of furniture for my home and
[15:00] many others using pocket hole joinery
[15:03] and all of it is still perfectly fine so
[15:05] don't let anybody tell you that pocket
[15:07] holes are not great now there's a time
[15:08] and a place for other joineries
[15:10] especially as your skills develop and
[15:12] you want to make stuff that doesn't have
[15:14] those pocket holes in it but this is one
[15:16] of the better pocket hole jigs on the
[15:17] market we actually sell these on our
[15:19] website Faith valy tools.com you can get
[15:21] the mounting board you can get the jig
[15:23] the whole n I'll link to that in the
[15:25] description as well Craig makes a good
[15:26] pocket hole jig too I don't think you
[15:28] can go wrong with most pocket hole jigs
[15:30] on the market I would steer clear of the
[15:32] very very budget no-name brands that you
[15:34] can see on certain websites I would
[15:37] steer of those I would just go with the
[15:38] name brands like the Masa that we have
[15:40] here or even Craig or armor jig are they
[15:44] still thing I have a whole video on
[15:45] pocket hole jig Joiner tips and tricks
[15:47] if you just search on YouTube 731
[15:49] Woodworks pocket hole jig you'll see it
[15:51] now if you're on a budget you're just
[15:53] starting out you don't have a lot of
[15:54] money for your tools you're not selling
[15:55] your projects yet you should probably
[15:58] check out some use tools a lot of times
[15:59] on Facebook Marketplace you can find
[16:01] some Screaming good deals just make sure
[16:03] you can trust the people you're dealing
[16:05] with meet them in public use all the
[16:06] safety precautions but you can find some
[16:09] really good used Deals On Tools all over
[16:11] pawn shops Facebook Marketplace even
[16:13] eBay places like that so it may be worth
[16:15] considering if you're into that you can
[16:17] also check out Home Depot's rental
[16:19] section as they also sell used tools
[16:21] there power tip if you like this video
[16:23] there's some tool buying Secrets Home
[16:25] Depot doesn't want you to know click in
[16:26] that box click in the Box it's you the
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