If there is one tool I could not live without, it would be...

[Dan Mages]

As a new woodoworker, my tool collection is still growning. I want to know what tools you find indispensable. So, If you have one tool that you could not live without, what is it and why?

Dan

[Dave Sweeney]

Difficult question but I'd have to say that I'd be lost without a tape measure.

[Tyler Howell]

14v Cordless drill, CMS a close second.

[Donnie Raines]

Bock plane....it can joint(well.......)smooth, flatten...and if you make lots of passes you can cut a board in half(but it does take lots of passes.... )

[Mac McAtee]

To take Donnie one step further - sandpaper (or mutations there of).

[Steven Wilson]

Credit Card

[Kurt Aebi]

I would have to say - My Brain!

lol

Actually though, I would say my Table Saw. You can do just about anything you need with the right jig or fixture (if you work safely!)

[Michael McCoy]

Hello folks - long time lurker but this is one of those I had to answer. I'm more of a renovator than a wood worker so I'd have to say my reciprocating saw.

[Hal Flynt]

Kurt got the Brain right.

My hands.

[Frank Pellow]

An eraser - for revising my plans.

[Chris Padilla]

Money to pay for the credit card....

[Travis Lanman]

If I were to choose a power tool it would be tied between my tablesaw and my cordless drill. Hand tools I would have to say my tape measure or combination square.
Travis

[Tyler Howell]

Hello folks - long time lurker but this is one of those I had to answer. I'm more of a renovator than a wood worker so I'd have to say my reciprocating saw.

Welcome Michael, You try to slip in like this, most will miss you. Good to have you in the Creek, and renovators are valued here as well.

[Keith Outten]

Dan,

It has to be the table saw, the one tool that is used on almost 98% of the jobs in my shop. No other tool comes close.

[David Wilson]

I would also say my brain, although I sometimes seem to misplace it.