re: Getting Started Building Furniture

I started during covid, now have a garage full of tools. I've slowed down a lot since kids are older and take up all my time with activities, but love having the skill to build something. I've built beds, dining tables, humidors, shelves, built ins, etc. It gets addictive. Started with a jobsite saw and within a year and a half, had a Sawstop cabinet saw, 17" bandsaw, 8" Jointer, dust collection system, Lie Nielson hand planes, and a bad festool habit, haha.

Youtube is a good source. You can start with someone like Fix This, Build That who will have projects with a lot of pocket holes and such. Not the highest end stuff, but when getting started it can be cheaper and easier. Then I moved onto Wood Whisperer, Bourbon Moth, Keith Johnson, Andy Rawls etc.. Guys who will cut real joinery ranging from true classic joints like dovetails and mortise and tenon (Wood Whisperer, Andy Rawls), to guys using newer methods more often but still make interesting stuff (Keith Johnson, Bourbon Moth)