I’ve been doing basic woodworking for a while, and I want to start moving into furniture (mostly for my own enjoyment). I strongly prefer the aesthetics of craftsman/mission/prairie style (Gustav Stickley, et al.) I’m trying to make a list of the basic power tools that would be necessary/useful for that style of furniture, along with hand tools, and I’d appreciate feedback from people with more experience than I.
I already have a very basic work bench; I think that I probably need to make a work bench that I can use bench dogs on; a roubo workbench be ideal. I also definitely need to make an infeed and outfeed table for my table saw so I can work with plywood sheet more easily.
(I have a number of these, but not everything.)
Table saw (ideally a cabinet saw)
-miter gauge
-dado blade
-tenoning jig
Miter saw
Band saw (ideally 2; one that could do re-saw work, and a smaller one for cutting curves)
Jointer (ideally long bed)
Planer
Router
-tongue and groove set
Drill press (?)
Mortising machine
Random orbit sander
Finish sander
Dust collection
Dovetail jig set (for drawers)
Doweling jig (?)
Hand planes (kind of a long list here…)
Chisels
-mortising chisels
-paring chisels
-flushing chisels
Card scraper
Marking tools
-Scribe
-marking knife
Combination square
Tape measure
Calipers w/ depth gauge
Clamps
-Parallel clamps
-pipe clamps, etc.
Is there anything that I’m missing that I should be thinking about? (Quick edit - I don’t have a lathe on here because I have zero interest in turning anything. I don’t think that things like a belt or spindle sander, or a shaper, would really do much of anything for the style I prefer. A router table might be useful though.)
I am pretty happy without a miter saw but with a decent table saw sled. I really like having a drill press, though. I’d also figure out some way to at least get a part-time router table; For most operations, I just like that workflow better than holding the tool.
I’d also say a mortising machine is very much a luxury, especially if you do get a drill press and a nice selection of chisels. Speaking of chisels, I assume you have a mallet you like?