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You can definitely spend unlimited money on hand tools, but you don't have to. You get very far with just a few tools that you either buy second hand or buy new but avoid the the most expensive brands as well as the cheapest ones.

Most importantly, with hand tools you don't have to have a big permanent wood shop. The tools don't take as much space, and most importantly, you don't have to set up dust collection etc.



"... most importantly, you don't have to set up dust collection etc ..."

Also, you can work in complete silence.


"Also, you can work in complete silence."

Unless you're mortising or chopping dovetails...


You can saw and pare the dovetails and drill and pare the mortises. This is how you do woodworking living in an apartment with a baby :).




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