Woodworking as a hobby can be one of the most rewarding experiences you will ever enjoy. You can start learning with a minimum of tools and equipment. A small home workshop can create many simple projects that will help you develop your creative and building skills, at the same time rewarding you with practical and artistic woodwork that you can enjoy, and even give to friends and family.
WHERE TO MAKE WOODWORKING
Before we enter the equipment, you need to start by talking about where you will be doing woodworking. Depending on the size of your house, you can create a dedicated space for your woodworking work. This may be a reserved place in your garage or in your territory. In some cases, a separate barn or outhouse may be ideal for creating your first store. The heated store, separated from your home, offers one great advantage: better dust control. Without complex dust control systems, basement workshops will inevitably create dust that moves into the residential area of your home. This is especially true in homes with forced air heating systems, where the cold air currents located in the basement make dust into the upper levels of the house. Another advantage of the individual workshops is, of course, the noise level. You can work without disturbing the rest of your family. A good compromise can be the garage of your home. This can help minimize dust and noise problems, although depending on where you live, a garage workshop may not be practical in extreme cold or hot weather conditions.
SETTING WOODWORKING
Space is always a problem for the woodworker. No matter where you are in your development, everyone from beginner to expert wants them to add more space to work. If you can have a dedicated room for a workshop, so much the better. Outdoor tools and desktop equipment can remain in place from project to project. If this setting is not impossible, at least try to create an area for the bench where equipment can be stored and discarded as needed. If possible, plan the inevitable expansion as you acquire more tools and equipment. First, create a storage space in which you can store and use most of your equipment, with a temporary extension of your activities to the garage or basement.
The rudimentary workbench can be made of inexpensive spruce lumber, ideally between 48 and 54 inches long and 32 inches deep. The bench should be about waist height. This will allow you to work comfortably while standing. Add a sturdy shelf under the bench to place hand tools and a pinch above the bench to hang other equipment. Install a wooden screw on one end of the bench in front to hold small parts.
ACQUISITION OF YOUR EQUIPMENT
The amount of your starting equipment will be largely based on your budget. Whether you have large financial resources or you start with a short transfer, always buy quality equipment. If you can afford it, get quality tools in the local building and in the hardware center. If your budget is limited, buy quality tools from others through Kijiji or other local ads. There are many quality, easy-to-use tools that belong to people who have embarked on this foundry project around the house or received tools as gifts that they will never use. You can usually purchase tools for these vendors for less than half the original price and save even more money if you make a package deal for all your unused equipment. Of course, the purchase of tools from private individuals will require additional time and sometimes travel expenses. Weigh the benefits of traveling around the city to save a few extra dollars on cheap equipment. The extra cost of time and travel in these situations is usually justified when buying large tickets, such as table saws, band saws, or high-tech tools, such as planing machines in the future.
For small acquisitions, a trip to your building center may be the best approach.
INITIAL EQUIPMENT
Previously, skilled workers worked with a minimum amount of hand-held equipment, but produced complex and complex pieces. Focus on developing your skills with a set of tools and not crying about the equipment you wanted.
Here is a checklist of more useful tools you need to start:
Safety equipment: Start as early as possible with eye protection. Get a decent pair of eyewear that also provides side protection for your eyes. Purchase a high-quality, scratch-resistant acrylic kit. Progressive scratches of cheaper plastic pairs ultimately impair your vision and affect safety. Avoid wearing glasses in the workshop. The most adverse sight and dust quickly. You may not wear them together if you are embarrassed.
The next piece of critical safety equipment you need is ear protection. Ear protection is often overlooked by a newcomer, but almost as important as eye protection. Woodworking can be noisy, and the long-term effects of these noise levels can affect hearing and lead to tinnitus and other hearing losses. In addition, I believe that wearing hearing protection fights fatigue. Most work tires are faster when exposed to high levels of noise. Choose effective hearing protection that is convenient and effective for you. These may include ear plugs or ear protection devices. I believe that a high-quality set of ear protectors is ideal for protecting hearing.
Finally, put on the cap to prevent dust from entering the hair. I prefer a simple ball cap with ear muffs and eye protection. With this mood, I protect eyes and ears. I keep dust from my hair. I am very happy!
Hand saw: Often known as a popular brand, it can be the most versatile tool in the initial workshop. In fact, in the hands of a specialist, a hand saw can be used to build a whole house. Usually you want to buy a table saw, but now a woodworking hand saw with a budget allows it to make cross-cuts, rip-cuts, and even complex corner cuts. As already mentioned, get a quality brand. Avoid cheap unknown brands. They are usually cut inaccurately and burned before you start your second project. After choosing the right saw, install a quality blade. Most band saws come with a lower quality starting blade, even if they are a good saw. Keep this blade as a backup and install a quality blade with carbide teeth. Start with a hybrid blade. They have a balanced number of teeth, which works well with both transverse incisions and with a gap.
Power saws: Crushing Saw adds more versatility to your woodworking. Curved cutting is where the jigsaw stands out. This versatile tool can not only cut curves. It is ideal for cutting holes in wood, as well as roll cuts. Sometimes you want to get a band saw. Band saws are even more versatile, but a quality outdoor unit can be expensive. A tree saw can be a good gap for a novice woodworker. Purchase a range of blades for your saw, which includes various lengths and teeth per inch.
Cordless drill: Buy a quality drill that works at least 12 volts, but 18 volts is better. Get one with a keyless chuck, and if it considers an inch cartridge in your budget over the standard 3/8 inch version. On the way, the inch version will be more versatile. Through sophisticated lessons, I discovered that the quality of the purchase is more important than ever in this case. Cheaper drills tend to have very short run times and often require recharging. Their long battery life tends to be bad and degrades keyless operation. Cartridges are free and often slip. This is one annoyance that you do not want in your workshop. Purchase an assortment of quality carbide drill bits that are stored in a holder marking each drill bit size. Make a habit of returning each drill to its intended slot in the holder after each use. Finally, get a set of hard steel bits. Your drill can also be a universal screwdriver, especially if you have chosen the 18 volt model.
Hammer: The hammer remains the most versatile tool in the store, and often the most misunderstood. By the way, a hammer is one of the tools in which most cases of mastering accidents happen. Although the most frequent injuries of the hammer are usually insignificant, ranging from bruised fingers to temporary loss of the nail. Hammers are very different in quality and price. So what's the difference between a cheap hammer and an expensive hammer? Good hammers are precisely machined with a good solid connection between the handle and the head. A good hammer is balanced, does not rust and has a comfortable handle. Most high-quality hammers have metal or fiberglass handles. Cheaper hammers usually have wooden handles with poor joints between the head and the handle. The head usually falls out and the tool becomes useless. Choose a brand of quality mark brand in the range of 16 ounces for general work and a smaller hammer for more complex work. Avoid using large frame hammers in the workshop and any with recessed tips. These types of hammers are more suitable for rough work with the frame and are not suitable in the workshop.
Palm Sander: Buy her palm. This small power tool can handle almost any grinding requirements that you have as a novice woodworker. As your woodworking skills develop, you will probably be able to upgrade to a model drive and a belt sander. However, at the moment, a universal palm grinder can clean the stairs, cross sections, and even a limited amount of surface area. When you begin your first small projects, you will find that with a little effort, your palm can turn rude-looking creations into virtual works of art! You can use the palm for the sand and form rough boards with 100-gram paper, and then finish the job with 200 or 300 sand. Purchase an assortment of wallpapers with an extra supply of 100 granulated papers. You will find this paper class the most versatile in your store.
Manual aircraft and chisels: These classic tools are indispensable in every workshop. Despite the fact that these technologies are unlikely, these tools allow you to narrow the edges, smooth high spots and eliminate any flaws in the wooden parts. Start with standard plane number 4, and the range of quality bits varies in width from inch to 1 inch.
Clamps: Sooner or later you will need clips for gluing and just hold your pieces of wood when you work on them. Unfortunately, good clamps are expensive, and, as a rule, the beginning woodworking worker takes several years to accumulate an extensive set of wooden clamps. Start with a pair of long tube clamps. Today the pipe has been replaced by long steel shafts, but the structure remains the same. Get a pair of the longest clamps that you can afford. You can contract for small glue jobs and extend them to full length for large projects.
Store Vice: The vice store installed at the end of your bench is ideal for small jobs for grinding, feeding and cutting holes with your jigsaw. Purchase woodworking coating with interchangeable wood clamping surfaces and avoid metal working flaws with steel jaws. Woodworking flaws with their wooden clamping surfaces can securely hold pieces of wood without breakage or damage. Many of the best flaws offer quick release mechanisms that allow the user to quickly open and close the jaws without tedious turning the handle. The wooden clamping surfaces in your gunpowder will occasionally need to be replaced. I prefer to use soft pine in my vices, which will not crush or hurt many of the different forests I work with. I work in soft pine or solid oak, soft wooden clamping surfaces work best.
Measurement and labeling tape: In your workshop, any modest roulette will be one of your most commonly used tools. Purchase a good quality brand wide tape measure, usually in the range of 25 feet. Although you cannot use tape at these lengths in your store, larger measures of tape offer tighter tapes that will not flock and slip out of the ends of the boards. Measuring when you yourself will be much easier, and, of course, the quality of the tape can last for many years. When marking projects, I prefer a sharp kind old-fashioned HB pencil. HB pencil will produce a good sign without scratching wood. Stiffer pencils, such as 2B, can scratch soft woods and require additional sanding. Avoid close-up pencils. Their large flat wires are too coarse for accurate measurements in the workshop.
Other tools and materials: Here are a few other handy tools to help you complete your startup workshop: buy a T-square, square square, and speed square. These inexpensive tools will help you mark right angles as well as difficult angles. Also, get an assortment of flat-head screwdrivers from Robertson and Philips. Get the number two and three sets of Robertson. I believe that the Robertson format is best suited for most woodworking projects and is most compatible with bits with drilling equipment. Finally, get a pair of 12-inch tree files. Take a flat and round. You will find them ideal for rough shaping and eliminating small errors along the way.
Adhesives: Not all adhesives are created equal. Avoid cheap home brands sold as a carpenter. The cost of pasting all your projects is a small cost. Therefore it makes sense to go with the best. I also found that over the years I get better results with both indoor and outdoor projects when I use quality outdoor glue. These resin-based compounds, unlike traditional water-based wood glue, are not destroyed or absorbed by moisture.
CONCLUSION
Peaceful satisfaction with woodworking is a wonderful experience on this day and in the era of rushing lives, smart phones and from time to time. With minimal investment in the most basic tools and equipment, everyone can learn the useful skills of their time-honored hobby and enjoy the project after the project!
