5 Woodworking Tools That You Should Buy Early
Today in this post we're going to share with you the 5 tools that I wish I would have bought in the beginning.
5 tools that I bought later in my woodworking journey, and then I use them and I realized that I was stupid for waiting so long.
So I don't want you guys to miss those things so I'm gonna share those five tools slash accessories with you guys.
Because hopefully, it'll help you out with your woodworking.
You can buy all these 5 tools from the Amazon link is also given below.
So Checkout the 5 Woodworking tools to buy early below:
1. GRR-RIPPER 3D Pushblock for Table Saws
The first tool is Gripper it's a gripper from Micro Jig.
So the reason I think that this is a great investment to make is one I feel like early on people are a little bit more afraid of their tools than they are later on.
Not saying that you should never be afraid of your tools because they are powerful tools and they make things spin very fast and they can hurt you.
However, in the beginning, I think it's probably a little bit more prevalent the best push stick or push block or pushing device that I've used.
And what working is definitely this and there are a few reasons why it's got these little adjustment knobs and what that allows you to do.
So what does that allow well that allows you to cut real thin stock?
So you're not trying to push through with a push stick little tiny push stick or another piece of wood and it opens up this area right for your blade?
You can also adjust this, let's say that you needed to get more support close to the fence now.
You Chan right on this tool and then the other really really cool feature about it is if you're cutting a thin stick you can slide this down.
So the rides on your table and this rides up on your piece of wood.
And the other great thing about it is that you're constantly applying your downward pressure.
And you can go straight over the top of the blade and you can keep your hands away from the blade and always have something in-between.
So number one definitely I would say invest in one of these I've had this for quite some time.
There are actually accessory kits that you can buy and do all kinds of other crazy stuff so micro jig gripper tool number one.
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2. SAM-PRO Dual Moisture Meter 2.0
Item number two and I'll probably get scoffed at for this.
But I don't really care to be honest with you is a moisture meter this is one from Sam Pro Tools and essentially the way it works.
If I can get it open there we go you put these little prongs in the piece of wood that you want to test.
And it will come up with a reading on moisture content.
Why is that important and why am I recommending that to people that are starting out well.
If you're anything like me and 99.99% of everybody else that is woodworking you probably started off by buying your lumber at a local big-box store.
Won't say any names but they start with L and with OHS and an H and end with o m-- depot.
I know there are other ones in there too that's fine and the reason why I wish I would have had this sooner.
Is that while you go to those places and they do say that it's kiln-dried in many cases.
It might be kiln-dried but it's not down to an acceptable level.
Now just to be clear buying construction grade lumber to build furniture pieces is not what that lumber is designed for.
However, where this would come in super handy is if you go down there and you take the time to pick through.
And find some good pieces and you find ones that are much much lower on the level of moisture.
It's going to save you a lot of headaches in some of your early projects of finding that after like 2 days.
It warps or bends or twists really really bad you can save a few headaches by trying to pick out good pieces with some good straight grain as well as low moisture again.
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3. WoodRiver Low Angle Block Plane
Item number three for me is a low-angle block plane, this is a low-angle block pane for the most part very affordable.
And there's I mean really every company that does planes pretty much makes a low-angle block plane this one specifically is a wood river.
If you don't know is basically the woodcraft brand for tools and they are one of those companies that are relatively affordable.
If I'm being totally honest, I do have some really nice hand planes.
But I will tell you that the one that I use more than anything a hundred percent is a low-angle block plane.
Here's why for starters it's a very nice comfortable plane to use fits in one hand it's the one-handed operation.
And it's very easy and light and it's just really enjoyable to use the next reason extremely easy to set up it does operate on the same principles.
Like any other plane but for some reason, I can get this one dialed in much faster than any of my other planes and it just makes it really enjoyable to use.
The final reason is that if I have small little errors that I need to correct or let's say I have two boards that just barely didn't meet up in the right spot in a couple of places.
A couple of passes with this in that area and I can smooth everything out fixing small mistakes.
That maybe you make during glue-up or whatever it is it's really easy to correct it with this plane.
The other thing that I really like about it is I can soften edges with it without having to pull out my router.
If I just want to break up a sharp line I can just run this down the edge one time it's really really nice and the results are excellent.
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4. DEWALT Router Fixed Base
Number four is a palm router like you see right there palm router this is a Dewalt.
I've had this for quite some time and I use it more than any other router in my shop.
The reason that I am recommending a palm router is that the router for some reason is one of the most intimidating power tools for the people that I've talked to.
Even when I first started the first time I used a router it was a larger full-size router from Bosch.
And I was a little bit nervous using it the first time the benefit to having a palm router.
Is that it's very easy to operate with one hand typically it's gonna have smaller bits I find it to be a lot easier to control with all of those things put together.
I think it's a great router to start doing routing operations with a palm router that will do the vast majority of any routing.
That you needed to do especially when you're first starting out because mainly.
The thing that people use a router for probably the earliest on is to give something a different edge profile.
This is actually really where the palm router truly shines but if you needed it to do does or rabbits or anything else as long as you can get a quarter-inch shank router bit.
For that, you should be able to do those operations just fine.
So you can grow into it again like I said I have three routers I have one on my table I've got the big festival router.
And I've got this router and out of all three of those including the one on my router table the palm router is the one that I use the most.
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5. DEWALT Plate Joiner Kit
Finally the last item and definitely, in my opinion, the one tool that I really regret waiting as long as I did to buy.
And that is a biscuit joiner and this right here again is a Dewalt biscuit joiner.
Let me tell you why I wish I would have never waited to buy one like most people.
When I first started I was making tabletops and I was screwing him together with pocket holes and nothing would ever line up.
Just right I'd always get one shifting as I screwed in the screw then one day on Craigslist.
I saw a deal for a biscuit joiner and I said you know what I'm gonna go buy it came home testing it out and immediately wondered why I didn't buy it.
When I built my first table the biscuit joiner completely changed the way that I built tables from that point forward.
The great thing about a biscuit joiner is it's very very inexpensive for what it is I completely understand not everybody can afford a Festool Domino.
But being somebody that has both of them.
I will tell you while I do use my Domino very very often the majority of the time I still reach for my biscuit joiner on certain projects.
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Final Thoughts
That you go out and you buy all of these tools would be great additions to your shop.
And would really make a difference on your projects if you're not already using them.
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