5 Tools You NEED as an INTERMEDIATE Woodworker 

Great! i would add a drill press. That is super handy and a key tool for me.

I built my own little table top router table pretty early into my woodworking. It really opens up the versatility of the tool.

great video! I look forward to the next one!

Hey man!! Glad to be you're 1000th follower 😁!

Great to see someone new tackling the tool lists for new folks. Perhaps worth mentioning is the used market, especially for the larger stationary tools. As an example: I purchase my 3Phase 5hp Delta Unisaw for $500, spent $100 on a phase converter, $20 on new bearings and a few hours of re-work. For a 50+ year old saw, its 10x the saw most people will need, and it certainly was worth the effort. I would also posit that, which tools you get depends on your projects. While a drum sander is great for smoothing some projects, a thickness planer with nice blades is more versatile, and a jointer is irreplaceable if you use rough sawn stock. Also the drill press should make the honorable mention list. Good luck with your channel.

Anytime I use a tool with no dust port, I usually use a ziptile and attach my vacuum hose where the tool spits the most dust out. It makes a big difference.

wow, great idea hitting that "intermediate" niche. keep the great tips coming! Have you upgraded your dw735 to helical yet?

Great video. Halfway through the video I was wondering if you'd get to a drum sander. My opinion- it should be an "honorable mention". Mainly because I see it as a good "bridge" when you're going from intermediate to expert. That being said - I think this applies more to a business mindset because of the efficiency you gain from it contrasted with its cost and shop footprint. In the end - you could use it as a "luxury" tool for intermediate woodworking, but that goes against the theme of the video "Tools you NEED". If you're planning on ramping up production , then this is where I think this tool becomes a "NEED". Great video all around though. Also - Maybe its just me, but I think your videos are fairly low in terms of volume. Just something to think about and look into if you hear the same from others.

So do you have a planer? I've been debating planer or jointer as my next step forward..

I am going to be adding a drum sander to my shop and if you don't mind me asking what did that one cost?

Good video, but tools depends on the woodworker , to me a band saw would substitute it for a jigsaw, but cost too much relevant factor.

You left out needing a rich Grandma who likes to spoil her little woodworker.

volume was good till about 3min in then it faded to little more than a whisper by 4 minutes in . may not be a problem for newer computers , but made the video unusable for me . sorry gave up