I’m Joaquín, and I’m learning woodworking. Before I buy a tool, I read what experienced woodworkers and real owners say about it, then write down what they agree on, where they don’t, and what that means for a beginner. Veta is that notebook.
Guides
Kate Swann, Wood and Shop, The English Woodworker and two Popular Woodworking editors, side by side. I have not bought this kit.
Five shelves. Buying guides, tool-type notes and the beginner material live together under Guides.
How to choose a first tool from what experienced woodworkers and owners actually wrote. Not a test I ran.
Beginner woodworking tools: what five teachers buy first, round by round
Clamps for a first shop: which ones, and how many
Diamond plate or water stone: a first sharpening setup, from what I read
Methods I reconstructed from teachers and books, with the steps I have not tried marked as such.
Pilot hole and clearance hole, before you drive the screw
Plans adapted from published sources. I have not built them yet.
Benches, vises, and the room a first shop actually has.
Finishes for food and for furniture, according to the can and the people who argue about it.
I don’t review tools I’ve tested, because I haven’t. I compare what respected woodworkers write and what owners report, and I link every source.
Guides
Bar, pipe, parallel, one-handed and spring clamps, from Fine Woodworking, Woodsmith and Popular Woodworking. I have not glued up a panel with any of them.
Guides
Diamond plates, water stones, and a word on oil stones and sandpaper, from three Fine Woodworking pieces and two working woodworkers. I have not sharpened on any of them.
Guides
One Fine Woodworking test and four other write-ups on a first gauge. I have not scribed a line with any of them.
Techniques
Two Fine Woodworking articles on why the top board and the bottom board are not the same hole. I have not driven the screw.
Projects
Eastern white pine and yellow poplar, from The Wood Database. I have not built with either.
Guides
Rip, crosscut, and the one-blade pull saw, from maker geometry. I have not sawn a board with any of them.
Techniques
A 30° bevel from Lie-Nielsen, and Paul Sellers’ freehand camber. I have not honed a chisel.
Techniques
A knife line that a saw can feel, from Popular Woodworking. I have not marked out a joint.
Techniques
P means FEPA. A Fine Woodworking test stopped most bare wood at P150 or P220. I have not sanded a panel to check.
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