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Woodwork Tools 

Woodworkers must-have tools for woodworking. There are five classes of basic woodworking tools.

Those are tools to cut, finish, assemble, measure and hold wooden parts while transforming raw materials into completed projects. The common and must-have have tools for woodworking include the following:

Wood Cutting Tools 

1. 1. Saws

Saws are used for cutting wood materials.  They come in different shapes and sizes. They’re also for different cutting tasks.

Circular Saw

There are different brands available, but they all have a common feature. That’s they have a round or circular blade full of sharp teeth that tear through wood.  

Jigsaw

These are designed to make intricate cuts that can be straight, curved or serpentine. . One of the best applications for a jigsaw is interior cuts, like an inner circle or rectangle. You simply drill a pilot hole and insert the blade.

1. Handsaws

Handsaws are so simple and easy to use for quick work or where detailed, precision cuts are required.

They’re basically a toothed steel blade with a wooden handle designed to slide back and forth, cutting the work.

1. Ripping Handsaws:Cut with the wood grain
2. Crosscut Handsaws:Cut across the wood grain
3. Combination Handsaws:Can do both rips and crosscuts
4. Backsaws:Have rectangular blades with braced backs for miter cuts
5. Carcase Handsaws:Larger and stronger backsaws
6. Coping Handsaws: Like jigsaws and bandsaws for curved cuts
7. Dovetail handsaws:For fine dovetail joint work
8. Keyhole handsaws:Made to cut interior holes

Filling,Planning and Sanding tools 

Once wood pieces are cut to a rough shape, they need more work to present an attractive, finished appearance.

Planes

Planes are cutting tools rather than abrasive, sanding devices. All types of planes use a fixed blade to shave off wood fibers, letting them take shape and become progressively smoother. Blade size and depth are the key variables in how much material can be removed at a time.

They’re different   types of hand planes  , this include

1. Jack Plane: These tools remove a lot of material in a pass. It’s a “jack-of-all-trades” tool because there are both curved edge and straight edge types available — for smoothing or jointing, respectively.
2. Block Planes: These planes are smaller and stout. They’re best for tight work where very smooth joints are necessary.
3. Joining Planes:Like jack planes, except they’re designed to smooth edges and join pieces together. Typically, jointers have long frames.
4. Rabbet Planes: Used for cutting right angle grooves along board edge grain. These joints are called rabbets, which differ from inside grooves termed dadoes.
5. Scraper Planes:Made to scrape fine fibers off wood surfaces for super-smooth finishes. These planes are sometimes called cabinet scrapers.
6. Spokeshaves: Hand planes designed for curved surfaces. Originally, they were for wagon wheel spokes, but they found their useful way to all woodworkers.
   1. Orbital Sander

 an orbital sander is  electric wood-finishing tool. They use sandpaper pads revolving in a circular or orbital pattern. Regular orbital sanders take a circular abrasive sandpaper disk and spin it in a circle. Although they remove material fast, they tend to leave swirl marks that are hard to remove

1. Hand Files

A hand file is used to shape and smooth wood. Hand files are also used to sharpen your other woodworking blades and bits. There are different types of hand files

1. Rasps are rough-edged tools with coarse teeth. They’re used to remove large amounts of wood for general shaping, then allow finer files to take over.
2. Half-round files have a flat surface on one side and a curved face on the other.This lets them be worked on straight and curved surfaces.
3. Mill files are flat on both faces. They usually have coarse teeth on one side and fine on the reverse. Mill files also have toothed edges for tight spaces.

Rotary cutters are like hand files, except they’re designed as electric drill bits. You place them in your drill chuck and let the rotary abrasive action remove material. Rotary files are available in different patterns and cutting grits.

Pounding and Prying tools

Hammer

Woodworking hammers are normally used to pound and pry. Claw hammers have long and pronounced claws, while framing tools use a straighter edge used to split materials

Mallet

Mallets with hammers do almost the same task . Both are striking tools, but they have entirely different applications. Hammers are usually steel-faced, but some are brass or plastic. Mallets have large wooden or leather heads and detachable handles to accommodate various head sizes.

The difference between hammers and mallets is their striking shock and surface impression. Mallets are much softer than hammers and absorb shock rather than deliver it. They also leave minimal striking marks, making mallets perfect for tapping wood joints together.

Woodworkers should  never, ever use a steel hammer on chisels. Shock from steel hammers causes chisels to stab or jab at the wood, leaving rough finishes. However, tapping chisels with a mallet lets them smoothly slice through wood with consistent pressure.

Drilling Tools

Power Drill

powered drills are used so often in the workshop and for so many reasons. They’ are used  for drilling holes in wood and  can be also used for driving screws into wood.

Screw Gun

Screws are the all-round best fasteners for woodworking.

Screw guns are extensions of the power drill family.

Tools for Measurement and Angles

1. 1. Squares

Squares let you create and verify all sorts of angles. Most squares also have measuring markings engraved on their surface. This lets them double as measuring rules.

The different types of squires include

Framing Squares: Large, right angle tools for bigger work surfaces

Try Squares: Smaller, right angle hand devices for quickly verifying squareness

Combination Squares: Used for precise checking of angles and distances

Speed Squares: Quickly let you check 90 and 45-degree angles

Miter Squares: Best for setting angled miter cuts

Bevel Squares: Allow you to recreate an existing angle and transfer patterns

1. Tape Measures

The basic tape measures include :

1. Retractable Steel Tapes:These are the most common measuring tools. They come in lengths from 12 to 30 feet.
2. Flexible Reel Tapes:You can get them in fabric or steel in lengths over 100 feet.
3. Folding Rules:Notice they’re not called rulers. These are rigid measuring sticks for high accuracy. Most rules fold into multiple sections.
4. Yardsticks and Straight Edges: These are in the ruler family and are handy for quick takeoffs and laying straight lines.

Clamping Tools

Apart from having tools you need for cutting, finishing, assembling and measuring woodwork projects, you’ll need a way to hold them while underway. Clamping devices are indispensable in woodworking shops. The two best holding tools are wood clamps  and  quality work bench.