cleanstrike
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A good plane (or three), several spokeshaves ... and get friendly with a local hardwood supplier and your local reclamation yard.
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Crazyface
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A decent sander.
bobmac
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GreiginFife
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Two most used tools in my garage/workshop are my pillar drill and my band saw.
As above, a good cordless drill/driver and a good corded drill for more stubborn jobs should see you well, amazing thr number of fangled attachments that go on drills these days to do other tasks.
As above, a good cordless drill/driver and a good corded drill for more stubborn jobs should see you well, amazing thr number of fangled attachments that go on drills these days to do other tasks.
bobmac
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Smiffy
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A course of 6 lessons with a PGA pro.
bobmac
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Get back to your fishing
MegaSteve
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One of the first items I acquired when moving into my first home, 40 or so years ago, was a B&D workmate... Still got it [a bit battered and bruised but not broken] used this for many 'projects' over the years and would've been lost without it... Every workshop should have one without a doubt...
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Hammers. Lots of hammers.
Golfmmad
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Good call!
Mine is battered and bruised too, and wouldn't be without it! And it has the flip out legs to make it higher for some jobs - very useful.
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chrisd
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I use mine to keep most if the other tools on that I barely use!
Golfmmad
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SwingSlow
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Depends on what sort of wood you are going to work with. If you will be using hardwoods, then generally they will come from the timber yard sawn, so a planer/thicknesses will be very useful. I wouldn't be without mine. Also bandsaw. Dust extraction is a must. I have a table saw which is always in use. For sharpening hand tools I use Japanese water stones - the edge they get is amazing - and you don't have the mess of oil around wood. If you are in to hand tools, make friends with eBay.
bobmac
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Don't think anyone mentioned a nail/staple gun........... 
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GreiginFife
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Don't think anyone mentioned a nail/staple gun...........
Get a good compressor, around 50L with a good flow rate and you can get a multitude of attachments including nailers/staplers. My compressor is far and away the most valuable piece of kit in the workshop.
bobmac
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GreiginFife
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The nailer I bought is electric so no need for a compressor
More a recommendation for a multiversal tool than just for a nailer to be honest.
Only problem with mains powered nailers is that sometimes they can surge the circuit and trip the RCD.
daymond
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A generator to cover major electrical mishaps.
A water level.
A first aid kit ( with nurse )
A water level.
A first aid kit ( with nurse )
bobmac
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Captainron
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Duct tape, cable ties and wd40? You kidnapping someone?
