re: Getting Started Building Furniture

Youtube will get you started with basic case goods.

I would suggest spending some time on SawMillCreek.org. It is my favorite woodworking forum but there are several other good ones. SMC has a lot of focus on machines and tools without all the paid testimonials on YouTube. Getting the best tools and tooling for your budget will go along way to making the hobby more fun and trouble free.

I will give you a piece of advice I give to everyone interested in starting woodworking. If you have any interest in turning do that first. I don't know how many people I have known that set up a full shop then start turning and never do any more flat work again. From the outside it seems to work like crack. The rare times I need something turned for a piece I am working on I have a good friend that is happy to do it and lets my avoid getting my first taste. I am afraid a simple spindle would turn into ordering a Robust American Beauty lathe with all the trimmings.