December 2020 - www.woodhappiness.com

You shouldn't have to be a professional carpenter or someone with elite knowledge , in order to have this very significant question . Who hasn't played with wooden toys , self-made or bought ones , when he was a small kid , outside of his home with the other small kids ? Who hasn't made and catch a wooden stick , taken from the nearest olive oil tree , pine tree or whatever else ? So no matter who you are and from where you are , you've "met" wood and you know what wood is . We have 2 types of carpenters , concerning their experience and general needs , in woodworking : 1) The hobbyist - amateur , woodworker . The most useful woodworking tool , for the amateur woodworker is the panel hand saw ( and some foldings maybe ) , which is the most "common" hand saw , all people have in their warehouses . The panel hand saw gives you the ability to make your first - basic wood design cuttings , with easiness . See the best panel saws - backsaws & more suggestions , in HERE . 2) The professional woodworker . For the professional woodworker and his pro needs , the table saw is the most useful tool , because you can do your first - basic wood cuttings - shaping and then a variety of other cuts , not only ripping boards with the table saw , if you have no other cutting tool , but you need to do the "job". See some of my personal table saw suggestions for you , in HERE . What is the most Versatile woodworking tool ? Generally the most versatile( except its usefulness ) woodworking tool from the majority of the carpenters is the table saw , because you can accomplish more than one cuttings and you can adapt many wood sizes on it and do several accurate cuttings( straight , angled ) , with the maximum of safety if you're following the rules . What is the most Versatile portable Saw , for woodworking ? The circular saw is the most versatile portable saw you can have and do a variety of cuttings( straight and angled ) in strange and difficult places , away from your woodshop and having a very high accurate level for these cuttings . Why they need different primary - basic woodworking tools ? The amateur and the professional woodworker have different needs and wood crafts to create , that's why they need , different tools as their primary , most useful and basic ones . The amateur carpenter usually doesn't start his wood "journey" having very expensive power tools and he begins with some basic hand ones . Later he starts to collect his power ones and become more professional concerning his creations . So it's kind of rare to see a completely amateur carpenter having and using a table saw , or a miter saw or generally power tools . The power tools use , need more experience and confidence from the woodworker's side . If you want to see the list for your power tools , see it in HERE . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcqJu-RpLT4 Your Hand Saw , should be a Large or a Small one ? Your hand saw , can be a "normal" sized hand saw , all the houses have and we all see even once in our life . I suggest you to purchase a medium size panel hand saw with medium TPI( teeth per inch) , in order to be able to cut , many sizes wood pieces . Logs , boards , trunks , et.c . If your plans are big ones , ok you'll need more big sized hand saws and as you may know , you can have hand saws which can cut entire tree , but i suppose you won't need this kind of hand saws for your first woodworking steps . Your professional table saw , should be an Expensive or a Cheaper one ? My suggestion if you're a professional woodworker is to have the best table saw , you can possible purchase and i suppose this means that this table saw , will expensive . I have this mentality for all your tools and of course i suggest you to buy the best possible table saw you can . You'll avoid mechanical problems in hard use and this best - expensive table saw will assist you the most , when you have to deal with tough jobs continuously , hard wood to cut and square , et.c , with zero overheating and zero wheel adjustments themes . Where can you Storage your handsaws , with safety ? "Hung" them by a pin in your warehouse's wall , alone and away from the dangers . You can also put your several hand saws in a straight line on your wall with the help of a frame and they'll be ok from any danger . I suppose you've seen the saws "hunging" on the walls when you go to a carpenter's shop and you thought that the carpenter has put them , by luck in this way ? Nothing is made by luck in our woodworking hobby - way of life . See in HERE how some wood tool maintenance - protection , tips and "secrets" . Keep woodworking and gain enormous happiness .