Woodworking

5 readers

1 users here now

A woodworking community for those migrating from Reddit.

founded 1 year ago

What are some less-obvious items that you must have in your shop? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

I'm very new to woodworking and I'm focusing on learning how to use hand tools. I'm slowly acquiring more tools and setting up my workshop, but I just know that there will be something super useful that I haven't thought about, and won't realise that I need it until I actually need it.

What items can you just not live without in your shop?

top 4 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

there's no such thing as too many clamps
a good rasp will pay for itself in sandpaper
make or buy a marking gauge, and keep a sharp marking knife handy
do you have enough clamps yet? no you don't

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I definitely need more clamps! I think just work holding in general (and a decent bench to hold the work to) is something that I need to invest in.

A rasp is definitely on my list. Are there any particular types you recommend? I've got a shinto rasp on my wishlist, but I suspect that's not quite what you're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A sturdy bench is a good call. Hard to do much without a good bench.

For rasps the Shinto comes highly recommended. Otherwise hand stitched rasps are supposedly the best but also cost the most.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

A decent bench with a decent vice. Work holding is key.