5 Must-Have Tools to Get Started Woodworking | Shop Tips

These are the first 5 tools you will need to get started woodworking. With these 5 tools, you will be able to build just about any basic woodworking project, including the one that I am going to be building in my next video.

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Tom Silva demonstrates his artistry with a Speed Square

Are there any tools you think are more important to get started than these 5?

1. Square & Tape - Empire 7" Speed Square and Milwaukee STUD tape

2. Circular Saw - Ridgid Octane & M18 Fuel

3. Drill Driver - Ridgid Octane Brushless

4. Corded Sander - Ridgid 5" Sander

5. Pipe Clamps - Bessey Pipe Clamps

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[summerswoodworking]

Rick I really don’t understand how anyone would give you a thumbs down on this video! After my shop burned down due to a neighbors house fire 🔥. These 5 tools are the first tools I gathered to get started. So, you my man are spot on!

[YouCanMakeThisToo]

Loved your point about boxes, and that you included an upgrade path for each tool. Great video Rick!

[BruceAUlrich]

Good tips and I like how it was not just about getting the cheapest tools, but the best value so you're not wasting valuable time.

[AutotechWoodworking]

No one ever covers the basic tools, like the tools you need to measure anything. I guess they all assume that everyone owns a tape measure and other measuring tools. I certainly didn't own a speed square until last year when I needed something to cut my fence posts square, so I bought two, (they were packaged together), and found them useful for things other than just as a crosscut guide. This coming from a person that has been doing woodworking at one level or another since 8th grade in wood shop class during the 1972-73 school year.

[timlafaver]

Great basic steps for the novice, LIKE ME.

I bet the Milwaukee Stud has that name because it's specially made for, ahm, measure studs.

[choffnosky]

Can you finish with an electric hand planet or would you have to finish with sanding? Trying to decide if I want to buy the new ridgid octane hand planer or the belt sander.

[Natedoc]

Dang, here I was thinking I needed more tools... I have a shit ton of upgrades! Lol

[NetizenNastia]

You look like a healthy version of Justin Roiland.

[twicebittenthasme]

Okay. This sounded more like a commercial than a guide. Not impressed. And that "stud" tape isn't an industry standard. The length might be considered so as about half the tapes on jobsite are 25 footers. I have a 35 but I do have a 30 and a couple of 25's in my crossover. 35 for the length available. I can get more work done using a 30 or 35 than the 25. Continuous, accurate layout is a heck of a lot simpler if I don't have move the tape too often. Hanging cabinets or running interior trim might suffice with the 25 but outside, 30 is good, 35 is better.
And that circular saw isn't worth its weight. There are better saws.
And that is where I shut the video off.

[madasahatter]

it would have been nice if you spoke from the heart instead of reading from a prompter, so basic its laughable