Would you be able to build basic home furniture (very basic- think 1800s furniture) with this modern set of hand tools?
What else would you need?
Build or Purchase a Solid Wooden Workbench
Bench Dogs, Holdfasts
Jack Plane
Jointer Plane
Smoothing Plane
Block Plane
Router Plane
Rabbet Plane
2 Panel Saws: Rip and Cross Cut
Saw files, saw set, saw vise,
1-3 Back Saws
(1) a dovetail saw, with fine rip teeth, (2) a “carcass saw” (fine cross cut teeth), and (3) a larger tenon saw used for cutting deeper cuts, like tenon cheeks, along the grain (rip teeth)
Miter Box and Miter Saw
Coping Saw
Bench Chisel Set
Mortise Chisel
6-inch Combo Square
12 Inch Square
Try Square
Sliding Bevel
Miter gauge
2-3 Pair of Dividers
Marking Gauge/Mortise Gauge/panel gauge
Folding Rule and/or Tape Measure
Marking Knife
Sharpening Supplies
Wooden Joiner’s Mallet
a few Woodworking Clamps
Card Scraper
Brace and set of bits
Draw knife
Spokeshave
Screwdrivers
Hammer
Pencils
Misc. Supplies
Glue
Sandpaper
Nails
Screws
Hinges
Additional timber frame and lumber tools
Axe
Small ax/hatchet
Froe
Adz
Two man saw
Frame saw for resawing boards
Large slick
Framing chisels
Large square
Bark spud
What else would you need?
Build or Purchase a Solid Wooden Workbench
Bench Dogs, Holdfasts
Jack Plane
Jointer Plane
Smoothing Plane
Block Plane
Router Plane
Rabbet Plane
2 Panel Saws: Rip and Cross Cut
Saw files, saw set, saw vise,
1-3 Back Saws
(1) a dovetail saw, with fine rip teeth, (2) a “carcass saw” (fine cross cut teeth), and (3) a larger tenon saw used for cutting deeper cuts, like tenon cheeks, along the grain (rip teeth)
Miter Box and Miter Saw
Coping Saw
Bench Chisel Set
Mortise Chisel
6-inch Combo Square
12 Inch Square
Try Square
Sliding Bevel
Miter gauge
2-3 Pair of Dividers
Marking Gauge/Mortise Gauge/panel gauge
Folding Rule and/or Tape Measure
Marking Knife
Sharpening Supplies
Wooden Joiner’s Mallet
a few Woodworking Clamps
Card Scraper
Brace and set of bits
Draw knife
Spokeshave
Screwdrivers
Hammer
Pencils
Misc. Supplies
Glue
Sandpaper
Nails
Screws
Hinges
Additional timber frame and lumber tools
Axe
Small ax/hatchet
Froe
Adz
Two man saw
Frame saw for resawing boards
Large slick
Framing chisels
Large square
Bark spud
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