I’m very new to woodworking and I’m focusing on learning how to use hand tools. I’m slowly acquiring more tools and setting up my workshop, but I just know that there will be something super useful that I haven’t thought about, and won’t realise that I need it until I actually need it.

What items can you just not live without in your shop?

  • pinkraisons@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    If you are focusing on hand tools then I would say the following items are not always thought about, but indispensable once you use them.

    • Shooting board
    • Plane stop for your bench
    • Cheap white candles (for your plane soles)
    • Binding tape (better than masking tape for taping joints)
    • Accu-Burr burnishing rod
    • Sausage@kbin.socialOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      This is a reassuring list as I’ve already got the first three. First thing I made was a shooting board, and for a plane stop, well, I just screwed a thin strip of wood into my worktop. It’s not great, but it does the job for now. Thanks for the input!