Many Australians are keen carpenters and joiners, using their hobby to make essential furniture pieces to grace the home and over a few years, you could add quite a collection of hand-made furniture items. If you are thinking about taking up woodwork, here are some essential tools you will require.

• Saws – There are numerous types of wood saw; the tenon saw, which is small with a solid blade and it is used for precision cutting of wooden joints. A crosscut saw would be used to cut timber, while for fine work, you would need a coping saw. If you want a power saw, the circular model is the most popular.
• Wood Chisels – These are essential for fine and delicate work and vary in size from very small to at least 2 inches. If you are looking to create a workshop in your garage, check out the self-storage solutions in Melbourne, where you can keep certain items while you use your garage as a workshop.
• Drills & Augers – These are used to drill holes in wood and you could have a power drill and a hand auger that can create holes of any diameter. With a wide range of drill bits, you can create fixing holes when necessary.
• Wood Plane – These handy devices are used to shave timber and they range from a large plane for shaping door, to a tiny winged plane for small shavings There are power planes if you prefer to save yourself the hard work.

• Hammers – You would need at least two hammers; a claw hammer that can also remove nails and a wooden mallet to use when chiselling. If you are making fine furniture, you might need a small hammer to hit small nails.
• Power Screwdriver – This will save you a lot of time and the unit is rechargeable; simply leave it on charge for a couple of hours and you are good to go.
• G Clamps – These are used for holding pieces of wood together when you are gluing them together, plus clamps can be used to keep wood solid while you work on it.

As you can see, there are quite a lot of tools that you will require if you are going to take up carpentry. Of course, you don’t need to acquire them all in one go, you can buy tools as and when you need them.