There are plenty of places to look for creative and unique real wood furniture on the web today. However, nothing allows you to create something incredible, like crafting your own unique furniture.
Basic woodworking tools come in all shapes and sizes, such as a drill, saw, and sander. While choosing the perfect can be daunting, we’ve put together a quick guide to some of the most useful tools. Whether your interest is in traditional or rustic furniture, making this list is a great guild.


Basics of real wood furniture
Whether a DIY or professional woodworker, a sander is a must-have. Options such as belt and random orbital, along with hand sanding blocks, are all must-haves. While hand tools such as chisels and squares are important and are great for the fine details of woodworking. Most importantly, no modern real wood furniture shop is complete without a joiner, table saw, and a thickness planer. One of the common tool needs but the least thought of as a tool is a clamp. Clamps are used in most woodworking projects, thus one of the most important. While these are all great suggestions, the project and woodworking style will dictate the tools needed. Remember, this suggests that the basic toolkit needed for a woodshop is just that basic. We have touched on dust control, jigs, or the many other tools in the woodworking and furniture-making world.

Woodworking trade tools
Aside from the items above, you should build your woodworking tool kit based on the style of woodworking you enjoy. Whether contemporary, modern, or rustic furniture, the tool is the same. For instance, a circular saw can help with dimensioning for longer rip cuts. A good table saw is a great option, but a track saw system easily replaces the need for an expensive table saw.
Another option to have handy is a handsaw along with a router. Or use a router along with a straight edge and clamps to cut a straight line. While not the best way to cut a board but is an option. The best use for a router is cutting shapes and cleaning up a wood edge.

If you want to create curved items, then you’re going to need a jigsaw also. Some woodwork enthusiasts like to top up their saw collection with a coping saw for detailed components. However, you can also get details into your work if you’re willing to have time and patience with a mallet and a few chisels. Hammers, screwdrivers, and other basic tools can be great when working on expanding your skills.
Other Wood Furniture Extras
For additional “extras” to add to your live edge furniture toolkit, you can also think about power drills that you can use to combine pieces of your items. You might need some joinery gadgets, too, if you want to get into that aspect of woodworking. However, it’s worth noting that it does take a lot of time to get used to joinery. If you’ve already developed skills in hand-cutting your joints, then joinery gadgets might make things slower.
Other great tools to invest in might include a small workbench where you can focus on creating your pieces without putting your floor or dining table in danger and a good supply of clamps too.