Welcome to SMC Joe! Glad to have you join us!
You can never have too many tools, as long as you have a big building to put them in. And power tools are a great place to start.
But look. Whatever you do. No matter what.
DO NOT go visit the Neanderthal Forum here. Because Travis is right -
hand tools will become your next great obsession. They're shiny and sharp and expensive.
It starts with hand planes. They can take the thinnest, sexiest shavings you've ever seen Joe. And you're going to want to try all the different kinds and makers - wooden planes, old stanley planes, Lee Valley, Lie Neilsen, maybe even (gasp!) Bridge City. And then there are a thousand
sharpening stones and accessories - waterstones, oilstones, ceramic stones, diamond stones, sharpening jigs, waterstone ponds, stone holders....
Then it goes on to handsaws. Western style. Japanese style. Joe, don't google Ron Bontz Saw Works - you're
gonna want one.
Next it's chisels. Old chisels. New chisels. Mortise chisels (Pig stickers!). Butt chisels. Paring chisels. Antique. Aldi. LV. Lie Nielsen. O1, PMV-11. White steel. Blue steel. You'll want one of each. (Just to try them out
)
Then there are spokehaves, and
molding planes, and
hollows-and-rounds and......
Joe, just take it from me. Stay away from the Neander Forum or your obsession will GROW. (DAMHIKT.)