10 Beginner Woodworking Tools under $20

Here are 10 Beginner Woodworking Tools under $20
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[MNatale]

my husband passed away 10 months ago today. I found your channel, and I don’t have anyone to fix things for me or do things around the house or if I need something made, he’s not here to do it for me and he was my handyman. So anyway, I found your channel and I’ve learned a lot, so thank you. This video is a big help, while he has a lot of tools I don’t know what most of them do, I flyby seat of my pants and just try to get it to work to the best of my ability. So thank you just taught me a lot the last couple months.

[briantaylor]

Agreed 100% on the card scraper, the marking knife, and the digital calipers. The marking knife and digital calipers have a permanent place in my apron.

[bg]

One often overlooked setup tool in the woodshop is the welders magnetic square thingie (no, I don't know the name). I keep one on my jointer. Since it's magnetic, I just put it on the bed and then push it into the fence. Nice and square every time. Yes, I got that idea off YouTube, just don't remember where.

[CorwinBos]

The digital calipers work well, but honestly the dial calipers with a analog dial with fractions on them are king. Worth checking out.

[steelspartan]

Fellow Steelers fan here and I have always found wood working interesting. Just bought our first home and after watching your channel I have decided that I want to try doing some wood working projects on my own now. Really appreciate the videos. Doing an awesome job.

[aaronknupp]

John, I've been a long time fan of your content dating back to the first shop and as a beginner, it's been great! If I had a single request, it would be, can you build an insert table saw table for the DeWalt table saw? It's something I've wanted to do for my small shop and it's a touch daunting to tackle. Thanks and keep the awesome videos coming!!!

[Drew_H.]

For your next project, it would be awesome if you guys built a small trebuchet or catapult.

[SavageVoyageur]

Great tip with using a card scraper to remove extra glue.

[robbie]

On the calipers, one thing that you didn't mention but would be super helpful for us woodworkers, is that you can measure the depth of a rabbet/dado by standing them on the jaw end and you can drop the fixed jaw to the bottom of the shoulder and press the movable jaw against the top of the stock. This gives a lot more of a reference surface than trying to balance on the skinny end (if you have the room to do it, that is).

[kevinlewis]

I love screw clamps and have built every piece of furniture in my last home using them mostly

[jasonhalvorsen]

Another great addition to the under $20 list is 1 2 3 blocks. I use them on nearly every project

[snomana]

Dude, you have no idea how much I enjoy your video's and your tool suggestions. I seen a few items on this video I'm going to purchase.

[Rebel]

The first clamp I ever bought was an old fashioned Jorgenson parallel clamp :) We used them in shop class when I was a kid and I loved those things. You call them screw clamps, but what you call parallel clamps we always called bar clamps, unless they were round and then they were pipe clamps.

The first neodymium magnet I bought was huge, about 4 inches in diameter and an inch thick. It had an eye hook in the middle of it and I used it for everything from dent pulling and floor clean-up of loose screws, nails, etc. to magnet fishing, lol. Those things are great. Never used the mohawk filler though I do love their wood toners when I'm restoring something like an old floor model Philco radio. Never had those digital calipers but I have a few of the analogue ones. I use the runout gauge to check stuff like the wobble on a drill press chuck, or how true a circular saw blade is on the table saw., etc.

I tend to use Robertson screws and drivers (the square hole screws) because they don't cam out like slotted or phillips screws do and they are great for wood projects. Where you use those little squares I tend to just use a speed square with the same results. I guess it just depends on what you're comfortable with.

[zacharymorales]

Thank you for your tips, I am getting the basics together. Hoping to start building stuff for my garage and home. My Mom already put in her order

[jamesont]

By far my favorite tools are the free ones!
Thanks for sharing, those screw clamps are clutch, I need some scrapers too so thanks for those!

[BlueTrouble]

That epoxy putty is amazing, I used it for years when I worked in a furniture warehouse repairing damaged pieces, it can even be used to repair things like broken corners and many other non structural pieces on furniture, the bond it makes to the wood isn’t always the best but I found drilling some small holes in the pieces and then using a little CA glue prior to applying the putty made a great bond and once fully cured a fairly strong repair. Pretty easy to work with as well since it’s not thing like other 2 part epoxies.

[nosreuter]

THIS is what I'm taking about!! The little handy gadgets and tricks up every competent wood workers sleeves that I don't have a clue about. Thank you SO much for speeding up my learning curve. I'm positive I'm gonna go and buy every single piece on your list 🙌

[ThereItIs.]

love these lists for choosing gifts... my father reviews the magnets and the card scrappers... next maybe an angle finder!!

[MrOmelianchuk]

This video is awesome. Maybe my favorite of yours yet (but the Home Depot pallet...). Super useful. Thank you.

[CORN-FED-COUNTRY-STRONG]

@JohnMalecki I fell in love with woodworking about 4-5months ago and since then have learned a ton!! From your channel. Your the man seriously. How you don't take everything so serious is refreshing to see but I would honostly try and make a decent side job if I had the room for the necessary tools and could fit them in my very small garage lol. I can't fit a jointer or table saw not thing like that in there so I'm pretty limited unfortunately. Hopefully one day I can extend my garage some and add a bunch more outlets because I'm very limited there also lol. I thought about building something out back but I like when my kiddos can just open the door and bug me when they want :) but anyhow, thank you very very much for the video as it was very very informative. I will definitely be adding a few of those tricks to my arsenal for sure! Thank you also for the chance to win the DeWalt set as that would be super helpful!! Looking forward to the next video. Stay safe out there and God bless you and yours 🙏