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[Plentipotential]

Hi everyone. I would like to start making some simple wooden furniture.

 

To get things started I obviously need a drill. Can someone please share their wisdom on what tools I should buy to get started?

 

Triton table saw and router with table. 2nd hand is a good buy.

[kosmonooit]

Hi everyone. I would like to start making some simple wooden furniture.

 

To get things started I obviously need a drill. Can someone please share their wisdom on what tools I should buy to get started?

 

Most of the tools one finds at Makro /Builders are DIY grade. that is not really built for a heavy duty cycle. ie Ryobi, Bosch Green.

 

If you want decent work-horse power tools then its Bosch Blue, Makita, etc

 

Then there is top of the line silly-expensive kit like Festool

 

Cordless tech has come of age, but batteries are not interchangeable between brands, and you don't want to deal with different chargers, so its a given to decide on a platform. I've gone with Makita, and really pleased with those products and have got quite a few that take their 18V Batteries. I also have a smaller Bosch Blue 12V, which has the battery in its pistol grips.

 

Plus there are loads of other types of drills.for example for Conrete/ Brick drilling and chipping, there is the SDS + system. And a regular AC powered drills as well.

[stefmeister]

Hi everyone. I would like to start making some simple wooden furniture.

 

To get things started I obviously need a drill. Can someone please share their wisdom on what tools I should buy to get started?

Don't just stare blindly into power tools. Hand tools are also just as important.

 

Power tools:

1>Circular saw. You can do quite a lot with it, refer to youtube for jigs and guides. Cross cut, "table saw" fixture and guide rails.

2>Orbital sander - Get the Bosch GEX 125.

3>Router - possibilities are almost endless what can be achieved with one. Bosch Green POF1400 is a solid budget unit.

4> 18 V cordless drill/driver

5> Don't forget about a jigsaw. Can be very handy at times.

 

Hand tools:

1> Chisels 

2> Hand planes - No.4 and No 6

3> decent back saw

4> Squares, marking gauges, bevels, straight edges. And one small precision square you never drop on the floor and always pack away immediately after using it.

5> Clamps. You can't really do wood working at all without these.

[kosmonooit]

Don't just stare blindly into power tools. Hand tools are also just as important.

 

Power tools:

1>Circular saw. You can do quite a lot with it, refer to youtube for jigs and guides. Cross cut, "table saw" fixture and guide rails.

2>Orbital sander - Get the Bosch GEX 125.

3>Router - possibilities are almost endless what can be achieved with one. Bosch Green POF1400 is a solid budget unit.

4> 18 V cordless drill/driver

5> Don't forget about a jigsaw. Can be very handy at times.

 

All of those are available in cordless with interchangeable batteries, if you  pick ur brand carefully

[stefmeister]

All of those are available in cordless with interchangeable batteries, if you  pick ur brand carefully

True, but they usually come at premium over the corded stuff. 

[stefmeister]

I hear you, I have a few yellowwood pieces and while moving house I have been stopped at the traffic light and offered money.

Just think its wrong but then again its business. Can't have sentiment when it comes to that.

 

 

Try a pump and irrigation place. Looks similar to big industrial ball valve handles.

Thanks, I've actually considered those on diaphragm valves.

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Where are you based, River? I have a spare router & circular saw that I can let go for a good price. 

[kosmonooit]

True, but they usually come at premium over the corded stuff. 

 

 

Not really, you can buy tool only, but we are out in the sticks.

[LeTurbo]

Hi everyone. I would like to start making some simple wooden furniture.

 

To get things started I obviously need a drill. Can someone please share their wisdom on what tools I should buy to get started?

 

I started with a drill, a handsaw, a rubber mallet, a 13mm chisel and a square. I used that to make my first workbench out of a load of old rafters. But I needed to finish it off, so I bought a belt sander and a planer.

 

The belt sander still proves useful. The planer seldom gets used.

 

When I bought my Triton 2000, I got a Metabo circular saw to go with it, and well as a rail. I never took the circular saw out of the Triton, and eventually threw the rail away.

 

Of those, the Triton does have its drawbacks though I'd feel uncomfortable using a conventional table saw. I like the "at the side" working position and most of the features. drawbacks are its small table, it's crap for crosscutting, and the fact that you can't tilt the blade is a serious difficulty sometimes. The "optional" tilt table was ridiculously expensive and not entirely accurate. Given the choice, in hindsight, I might have stumped for a decent quality proper table saw at around R10 000, which is what all the Triton saw and stuff cost 15 or 20 years ago.

 

If you do go for Triton, steer well clear of the Mark II. It was a brief-lived model that didn't perform anything very well.

 

Circular saws seem to be being replaced with plunge saws on a rail. Most guys say it's more accurate, practical, and faster. You don't end up with your clamps getting in the way of the motor housing while trying to use a straight edge as a guide (and then buckling the straight edge because the clamps are too tight).

 

Jigsaw, pretty useful. Router, very useful. You can make a router table very easily. 

 

Measuring tools are paramount. A good T-square, a combination square, and a marking guage. Two decent handsaws, crosscut or general purpose, and a back saw (though lots of guys are moving to Japanese saws).

 

I love my chisels (go for older blue-handled Marples, or even wooden handled older chisels at flea markets and pawn shops; they hold their edge better. New, Narex seems the current good deal). 

 

An old Stanley Number 4 will do most of your planing needs. 

 

You'll need an oilstone or waterstone. Get a decent one. The Stanley product these days ... well, I had one that was curved. No use to man or beast. For grinding, I turn my beltsander upside down. 

 

I'd love a drill press again, but often get away with using old tricks like an L-shaped block of wood to guide the drill. 

 

Bandsaw? OMG, Love them. There's little you can't do with it, including dovetails. I'll always regret selling mine years ago when I ran out of workshops and interest for a while. 

 

But first things first. For simple furniture, I'd go to the local library and get some books out on woodwork. They've got complete rundowns of the machines and handtools, as well as starter projects. Take it from there. My first book taught me about 70 percent of what I know now,

[Grebel]

Ready for delivery. Noddy badge for correct guess of which woods were used

 

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I am going to take a shot and say Ash and Blackwood

[Grebel]

Does anyone know where one can find cast iron hand wheels locally?

Something like this would be nice;

Try Toolquip and Allied. They sell all types of machine tools and accessories.

 

http://toolquip.co.za/en/catalogue.html/

 

Or try the RS Catalogue. They cover a wide range of things

[stefmeister]

Try Toolquip and Allied. They sell all types of machine tools and accessories.

 

http://toolquip.co.za/en/catalogue.html/

 

Or try the RS Catalogue. They cover a wide range of things

RS only have stamped metal ones.

Thanks, will give toolquip a shot.

 

 

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[Rocket-Boy]

Sharp eyes, guys! It's good to see you both here still. Thanks for the welcome back!

 

On Saturday, I visited the old BPM I bought my power tools from about 20 years ago. Big change! These guys will probably take a lot of Hardware Centre's business.

 

A great resource for some of the more esoteric woodworking stuff. they seem to have the complete Veritas and Lie-Nielsen ranges, the biggest range of Makita I've seen locally, Festool, Incra ... the works. Weird measuring devices and tools I didn't know existed. Even those really big screws for Moxon and other vices.

 

Well worth a visit! BPM Toolcraft, 93 Victoria Road, Plumstead. Tel 021 705 1247.

 

Best of all, they're also online: www.toolcraft.co.za. 

 

Cover the keypad with plastic film. Go drool over tool porn. Then sell your house.

Brian and his team are very passionate guys who know and use the tools very well. I hear sobbing coming from my credit card every time I open their webpage...

[Rocket-Boy]

Perfect chance to swop out the yellowwood for a more common wood and then paint.

 

Did you explain to her that they cannot actually cut anymore yellowwood tree's? They literally auction off permits for specifically identified tree's?

To say the wood is scarce and prices on the up is an understatement.

 

*The above is based off of info I was given by a SANPARK ranger 2 or 3 years ago.

I still have a fair sized chunk of the trunk left from the one I cut down 2 years ago. It had to be removed to do some building and I had to submit approved building plans as well as clear instructions on what I was going to do with the wood afterwards. It was a 12 page document I had to fill out, then there were two inspections and a 3 month period to get the permit to cut it down.

So yup, its pretty damn difficult stuff to get hold of these days.

[LeTurbo]

Table saws and cutting tapers. I’ve made two of the scissor- type tapering guides and they both drove me nuts! I’m slow to learn. Set the angle and then the fence is wrong, set the fence and the angle is wrong.

 

This one has turned out to be a beaut, but for a whole different reason.

 

I bought a load of Saligna at a good price, but it’s all waney edged and frequently twisted. With this jig, I can straighten the edges, even when the board isn’t perfect. Then I rip it into strips and use it as necessary (the board, not the jig).

 

I’ve used  standard 8mm bolts here, with T-nuts for the knobs.

 

 

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Hi everyone. I would like to start making some simple wooden furniture.

 

To get things started I obviously need a drill. Can someone please share their wisdom on what tools I should buy to get started?

Start by building a workbench, trust me you need one.

You can either go the simple route or do what I did and use the bench building to learn how to cut joints and use them to build it. Makes it more solid and you learn most of what you need from doing it.