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submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by HelixDab2@lemm.ee to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

I've been doing basic woodworking for a while, and I want to start moving into furniture (mostly for my own enjoyment). I strongly prefer the aesthetics of craftsman/mission/prairie style (Gustav Stickley, et al.) I'm trying to make a list of the basic power tools that would be necessary/useful for that style of furniture, along with hand tools, and I'd appreciate feedback from people with more experience than I.

I already have a very basic work bench; I think that I probably need to make a work bench that I can use bench dogs on; a roubo workbench be ideal. I also definitely need to make an infeed and outfeed table for my table saw so I can work with plywood sheet more easily.

(I have a number of these, but not everything.)

Table saw (ideally a cabinet saw)

-miter gauge

-dado blade

-tenoning jig

Miter saw

Band saw (ideally 2; one that could do re-saw work, and a smaller one for cutting curves)

Jointer (ideally long bed)

Planer

Router

-tongue and groove set

Drill press (?)

Mortising machine

Random orbit sander

Finish sander

Dust collection

Dovetail jig set (for drawers)

Doweling jig (?)

Hand planes (kind of a long list here...)

Chisels

-mortising chisels

-paring chisels

-flushing chisels

Card scraper

Marking tools

-Scribe

-marking knife

Combination square

Tape measure

Calipers w/ depth gauge

Clamps

-Parallel clamps

-pipe clamps, etc.

Is there anything that I'm missing that I should be thinking about? (Quick edit - I don't have a lathe on here because I have zero interest in turning anything. I don't think that things like a belt or spindle sander, or a shaper, would really do much of anything for the style I prefer. A router table might be useful though.)

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[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago

Your list could have ten things in it or 500. Perhaps you should order by necessity.

I would put things like miter saw, jointer, dado blade at the very bottom of the list, and move table saw, router, and planer to the very top.

[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

You can get by without a dado if you can make a sled, dados are not all that popular outside of the US. A table saw and sled with a chisel can do a lot of dado work without much fuss.

A jointer is arguably a necessity just for convenience and speed, but you don't NEED one to do the style OP wants to do. They are more necessary if you are working off of non-dimensional lumber or 1/4 sawn lumber where square is a rough concept.

[-] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

I'm thinking that a good jointer sled should probably be a perfectly adequate substitute in a small or low-budget shop. If those are not concerns, or a high volume of jointing is expected, a jointer is a great addition.

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