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Podcast #27: 10 Essential Hand Tools for Your Shop

I have a half dozen different squares in my shop. My framing square isn’t accurate enough for fine woodworking. A good try square is plenty accurate, but its uses are limited. The combination square, on the other hand, is one of the most versatile layout and measuring tools in my shop. That’s why it tops the list of my “10 Essential Hand Tools for Your Shop.”

If you’re interested in purchasing any of the items I mention in this Woodsmith Woodworking Podcast, be sure to check out the Woodsmith Podcast Store. You’ll find links to many of the items listed there.

 
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Posted on Thursday, October 25th, 2007 at 2:52 pm. Filed under Podcast.
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3 Responses to “Podcast #27: 10 Essential Hand Tools for Your Shop”

Paul Comi said,

The podcast was entertaining but I disagreed with a few things the host said. One of them was when he reached for a router plane and then said “no, that’s a bit too esoteric.” I’m by no means a neanderthal woodworker and I love a healthy mix of stationary power tools with hand tools. For the context of cutting a dado by hand like he was doing, it would have been a lot faster to cut down to the line with his japanese pull saw and then plow out that groove with the router plane. It would have also produced a nice flat bottom. The router plane is nothing much more than a plane blade held in fixture. Keep up the podcasts! I enjoy watching them.

(posted on October 26th, 2007 at 7:18 pm)

tool storage said,

Hello! I got the most valuable information about that you have an organized workshop and all of the basic tools, woodworking will be a pleasure. If the tools are sharp, you can cut finely and work in detailed patterns that look very professional.

(posted on January 28th, 2008 at 4:53 am)

John Lockard said,

It would be nice if the video could be posted with a summary. Such as “Here are the 3 basic categories and here are the 10 Essential tools. Watch the video to find out why.”

(posted on February 14th, 2011 at 10:44 am)