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0:00so I've been asked to do this video a
0:01few times and today I'm going to go
0:03through and tell you what tools I'd buy
0:05for carpentry if I had no tools and I'll
0:08starting the trade today there's so many
0:09different tools to pick from so what I'm
0:11actually going to do is break this video
0:12into two halves we're going to start
0:14with hand tools and I'm going to make a
0:15list of the top 10 hand tools I would
0:17buy before even rocking up on site
0:19before I even start a day in carpentry
0:22and then the second list is going to be
0:23the first 10 power tools that I would
0:24buy over the first few months the first
0:27year of working as a carpenter when it
0:29comes to car carry the first tool that
0:31comes to mind is going to be a hammer
0:33these are all the Hammers that I own but
0:34if you were going to start carpentry I'm
0:36recommending getting a steel framing
0:38hammer now there's two reasons why I
0:40would choose a framing hammer over your
0:42typical curved claw hammer first one's
0:45obviously being the claws the framing
0:47hammer has a sharp flat claw this
0:49becomes super handy in so many different
0:51ways they great to step into Timber to
0:53pick it up you can almost use it as a
0:55chisel to pry Timber apart and it still
0:57works obviously to pull Nails out and
0:59the other advantage about the framing
1:00hammer is how long the handle is since
1:03it is a lot longer than the typical
1:04curved Hammer you're going to be getting
1:06a lot more power when you try to hit
1:07things now even though this is a hammer
1:09I would buy if I was restarting
1:10carpentry this isn't the hammer that I
1:12currently use and the reason for that
1:14comes down to price this cost $60 a and
1:17my current day-to-day Hammer is this
1:19titanium boss Hammer this thing cost
1:21$400 a so you definitely wouldn't be
1:24buying it if you just starting out a
1:26carpentry but the reason I do use this
1:28one instead of a steel hammer is because
1:30it's a lot lighter easier to swing and
1:32you get less vibration coming up through
1:34your elbow now obviously the next thing
1:35we need is going to be a tool Bel to
1:37hold the hammer and then every other
1:39tool we get as well these may not
1:41technically be a tool but they're super
1:43crucial and you definitely need a tool
1:44about before starting carpentry this was
1:46the first tool bout I ever bought and I
1:49recommend getting this one or a similar
1:51tool Bel to this now this thing cost me
1:52around $100 from Bunnings and I
1:55recommend buying a tool Bel around that
1:56same price tag especially when it comes
1:58to hand tools one thing I recommend
2:00doing is buying a cheaper version of the
2:02tool and then if and when that tool
2:04breaks that's when you upgrade to a more
2:06expensive version that's the same thing
2:08with the tool Bel I started with this
2:09cheap $100 tool Bel and then when it
2:12started breaking on me and I started
2:13getting holes at the bottom of the
2:14pouches that's when I upgraded to a more
2:17expensive tool Bel I've actually gone
2:18through a few different tool bels in my
2:19time but this is the current one I'm
2:21running and the tool belts are also
2:23quite similar to hammers when it comes
2:24to price this obvious tool Co setup
2:27costs around $500 opposed to the cheap
2:29for $100 now if you are watching this
2:32video and you are about to start a
2:33carpentry apprenticeship it is expected
2:35that you rock up on your first day with
2:37a tool bout filled up with your hand
2:39tools and for this video I'm actually
2:41going to be going through the first 10
2:42hand tools I'll would buy for the tool
2:44bout and then after that we're going to
2:46do a second part of the first 10 power
2:48tools I'd buy and that'd be the tools
2:50that you start buying over a few months
2:51once you started your apprenticeship and
2:53one of the most important hand tools
2:54you're going to need is going to be a
2:56tape measure I've actually recently done
2:57a video where I bought a whole range of
2:59tape measures and I tested them head to
3:01head to find out the best one and the
3:03Stanley fat Maxes have always been my
3:05favorite tape measure one thing you
3:07really looking at when it comes to your
3:08tape measure is you want a nice thick
3:11solid blade so you can actually Outreach
3:13your tape measure hook over Timbers and
3:15get the measurements that you
3:17need I've always been using the Stanley
3:19fat Maxes I've gone through and
3:21obviously tried a few different tapes
3:23along my journey and I always keep
3:25coming back to these tapes as my
3:26favorite so obviously if you got your
3:28tape you're going to be measuring
3:29measurement you've also got to get a
3:31pencil to Mark those measurements down
3:33so this is a flat Carpenters pencil that
3:35I definitely recommend getting and one
3:36thing you need with the Carpenters
3:37pencil is also going to be a knife so
3:39you can get in and sharpen your pencil
3:41now when it comes to the knife there
3:42hasn't been a brand that has really
3:44jumped out and been better than the rest
3:46I've always been switching between the
3:47brands at the moment though I have been
3:49using this irin knife so this is the one
3:51that I would get and going back to the
3:53tape and pencil if you're going to be
3:54marking your Timber another tool that
3:56you're going to need is going to be a
3:58square to square up that Timber now this
4:00is a combination square and a speed
4:02square they both have their different
4:03purposes they're both good for different
4:05things and a lot of Carpenters are going
4:07to have both of them now if you were
4:08starting carpentry and you only going to
4:10get one square to start with I'd
4:12probably lead towards a combination
4:14square and the reason for that is that
4:16you can actually move the square up and
4:17down to get different measurements and
4:19one thing that becomes really handy with
4:21this is that you can get your little 3M
4:23Quirk so you can Mark out where your Arc
4:25trades are going to go it's hard for me
4:26to say that I'd go with a combination
4:28Square because I've always got the speed
4:30square on me I think these things are
4:31awesome and especially if you're doing a
4:33lot of Framing and you're trying to get
4:34your degrees that's when the speed
4:36square comes in handy now the next tool
4:38that we're going to get is going to be a
4:39chisel to start with I'd recommend
4:41getting a 25 mm chisel this is the exact
4:44size that you're going to want to be
4:44using when you're installing door
4:46handles so you want to make sure you
4:48keep this chisel in good condition keep
4:49it nice and sharp for your finished
4:51carpentry and even if you start with one
4:52chisel for carpentry you're definitely
4:54going to want to start getting a bit of
4:55a collection of different chisels
4:57firstly you're going to want to get
4:58different size chisels and then also
5:00chisels for different type of work I've
5:02always got my Sharp clean chisels for
5:04doing finished carpentry and then some
5:05rougher chisels where they're not as
5:07sharp and I use them for framing and
5:09demolition work now the next tool I
5:10would get is going to be a 1 M folding
5:13ruler and I'm putting emphasis on the
5:15folding roller because when I did start
5:17my apprenticeship my employee at the
5:18time told me to get a meter ruler I
5:20didn't realize you need to get a
5:21foldable ruler to put in your tool Bel
5:23and I just got a steel roller that was a
5:25meter long and obviously too impractical
5:27to hold on me at all times and keep with
5:29me
5:30now having this roller is obviously
5:31going to be very easy to go through and
5:33measure stuff with another benefit of
5:35having the meta rollers is that they're
5:37actually 10 mm thick and that's the same
5:40thickness as plaster so if you were
5:41going to go through and install a door
5:42jam like this you want your door jam to
5:44be sitting out 10 mil for plaster
5:47meaning that these rollers are the
5:48perfect tool to put against your stud
5:50like that pull your door jam out until
5:51they flush with the roller and then you
5:53can screw it on in place now the next
5:55tool we're going to be getting is a
5:56chalk line now we use chalk lines for so
5:58many different things when we're marking
6:00out a house and working out where to
6:01build the walls we're going to be
6:02flicking chalk lines onto the concrete
6:04slab we use chalk lines to flick boards
6:06where we need to cut them and all the
6:08way through the decks where we're going
6:09to be using sh lines to flick a straight
6:11line for where your screws are going to
6:12go you can definitely get away with
6:14buying one sh line to start with right
6:16now I've got blue Chalk in it the blue
6:18chalk that I use does rub off so this is
6:21what you're going to be using if you're
6:22doing a deck and you want to flick on
6:23top of the decking boards with a chalk
6:25line that you can rub out later when it
6:27comes to doing a setup for a house we're
6:29using a chalk line that has oxide in it
6:31and this is chalk that doesn't rub off
6:33over time which we obviously want if
6:34we're flicking out a slab we can't be
6:36using the blue chalk because if we flick
6:38out a slab and it rains at night we're
6:40losing all of the marks that we've done
6:42so this is obviously another tool that
6:43you can start off with having one but
6:45over time you're going to need multiple
6:46chalk lines to have one with oxide and
6:48one with the blue chalk that will rub
6:50off since we are doing the top 10 tools
6:52we've only got room for one more hand
6:54tool which is a bit hard because there's
6:55so many different tools that we use a
6:57lot on the work side for the last tool
6:59though it's actually one that I forgot
7:00to bring in with me today for this video
7:02but the last tool I would recommend buy
7:04is going to be a nail punch so that's
7:05the top 10 hand tools that I would buy
7:07if I was going to start carpentry
7:09they're the 10 tools that are going to
7:10go in your tool B that you're going to
7:11be wearing on you at all times and the
7:1310 tools that you need before you rock
7:15up to your first day on site now we're
7:16going to jump into the power tools and
7:18we're going to go through the first 10
7:19power tools I'll be buying as a
7:21carpenter when I started my
7:23apprenticeship one of the first tools
7:24that I needed to get was my own circular
7:27saw which was a corded circular saw as
7:29an apprentice you're probably going to
7:30be on the saw cutting for a qualified
7:32most of the time when I started
7:34carpentry battery tools weren't powerful
7:36enough to replace the corded circular
7:38sords so I'm pretty sure I went out and
7:39got that within my first week and that
7:41was my tool that I bought out every day
7:43and kept using but obviously these days
7:45it's a lot different on side you've got
7:47more powerful saws like Hoku is 36 volt
7:50and maka's 40 volt and if you are using
7:52these saws you can definitely get away
7:54but not using the old corded swords now
7:56these are two of the most powerful
7:58battery swords out there but in saying
8:00that even the 18volt battery tools are
8:02more than capable of replacing cords
8:04these days so if I was to restart
8:06carpentry I don't think I'd go out and
8:08waste some money buying a corded saw in
8:10saying that too I definitely wouldn't
8:12recommend going out and buying a battery
8:13saw by itself if you are going to get
8:15battery tools you definitely want to get
8:17a combo kit so you get the best value
8:19for your money so you want to make sure
8:20you get all your tools in a big combo
8:22kit and even better you want to wait
8:24until one of the big tool stores have a
8:26massive sale so you can go through and
8:28get things for the best price right so
8:30the first combo kit that I'll be looking
8:31at getting will be a six- piece combo
8:33kit similar to this one here out of
8:35these tools there's really five main
8:37tools that you need firstly as we
8:40covered you need the circular saw I'd
8:41argue that the saw is actually the most
8:43important tool that a carpenter uses on
8:46top of that we've also got a drill and
8:47driver which you're going to be using
8:49almost every day we've got a
8:50reciprocating saw which as an apprentice
8:52you're probably going to be using a lot
8:54to fix mistakes and then also a grinder
8:57so these are the five tools that we need
8:59normally they come in a combo kit though
9:00that also gives you a blower or a torch
9:03this isn't going to be a super important
9:04tool that you need but it's actually
9:05going to work out cheaper getting these
9:07tools in a combo kit with the blower
9:09then buying them by themselves the
9:11biggest question though is what brand
9:13would I go with I pulled the hakok tools
9:16out right now because these are the
9:17tools I'm actively using at the start of
9:19the video though you saw I had AG Mita
9:22dwell in Milwaukee Tools as well and if
9:24you're familiar with my channel I love
9:26switching between tool Brands trying
9:27different tools out and every single
9:29brand out there are going to have some
9:30tools that are better and other tools
9:32that are worse in other brands and if
9:34you're unsure on what tool brand to get
9:35to start with I recommend getting the
9:37same tool brand as your co-workers it
9:39becomes super handy when you're working
9:40on the site and your battery dies and
9:42you can quickly interchange them with
9:43your co-workers you can swap over tools
9:45and just get stuff done that's why for
9:47some of my tools like this Milwaukee
9:49grinder and Dewalt drill I've actually
9:51marked them with purple paint and that's
9:52not to stop thief stealing my tools
9:54that's just so me and my coworkers know
9:56which tools are mine and which tools are
9:58theirs all right so we've got six tools
9:59here we've still got four more tools to
10:01go and one thing you might be thinking
10:03of is why didn't I just go out and buy a
10:0510piece combo kit the 10piece combo kits
10:07are going to be your best value for
10:09money you're going to get a few other
10:10tools like your hammer drill you'll get
10:12a multi-tool depending on the brand in
10:14the combo kit you'll get a few different
10:15Tools in there now obviously a 10piece
10:17combo kit is going to cost more money
10:19when I was starting off as an apprentice
10:21it actually took me a fair while saving
10:23up enough money just to buy my first
10:24six-piece combo kit at that time it was
10:26actually a Milwaukee six piece combo kit
10:29and it it was a grind getting that let
10:30alone thinking about buying a 10 piece
10:32combo kit at that time now for this
10:34video anyway since we're only doing 10
10:36tools I don't want to do a 10piece combo
10:37kit because we also need to get some
10:39nail guns and the two nail guns I'll go
10:41for are these two that I'm using at the
10:43moment we've got hok's framing nail gun
10:46and then hi's finished nailer now in my
10:48opinion I do think that these Hoke guns
10:51are the best battery guns out there in
10:52the market and it does become handy as
10:54well if I'm using the same guns and same
10:56tools with the same battery platform now
10:59depending on what you're doing for
11:00carpentry you may be looking at getting
11:02pneumatic guns as well which are guns
11:04that run on an air hose with a
11:05compressor and they're going to be
11:06quicker and more powerful and you don't
11:08have to worry about your batteries done
11:10while you use those guns but that's
11:11opening a whole different can of worms
11:13there's so many different tools you can
11:14get for carpentry at least if we have
11:17these two tools we can do majority of
11:19the work now the next tool I'm going to
11:20go with is going to be a planner I've
11:22actually only got A's planer at the
11:24moment it's the one that I use obviously
11:26you're going to want to get a planer
11:27that has the same battery platform as
11:28the other tools you're using but if
11:30you're starting off I'd recommend
11:31getting a corded Maka planer that's the
11:34first planer I used I would still have
11:35it to this day if my tools didn't get
11:37stolen and that's going to be at least
11:38half the price than buying a battery
11:40planner as well the last tool that I'm
11:42going to go with is going to be the
11:44hammer drill right now I've been using
11:45High kook's hammer drill but when I did
11:47start carpentry as well as getting the
11:49corded planner I also had myself a
11:51corded hammer drill the hammer drill I
11:53brought when i s in carpentry was
11:54actually an aito hemil aito is a DIY
11:57cheaper tool that you can use and some
11:59of the tools are surprisingly really
12:01good and hold up on work s sites the
12:03same thing happened though as my Makita
12:04corded planer I bought that tool it was
12:06awesome I got a lot of use out of it and
12:09then that one got stolen as well but
12:10getting yourself a corded hammer drill
12:12and a corded planer is going to help you
12:14save so much money when you're starting
12:16off in carpentry so these are going to
12:17be the first 10 power tools that I would
12:19buy for carpentry if money wasn't an
12:21issue I'd probably switch a blower
12:23around for a multi-tool or another tool
12:25that actually gives us some use having
12:26this arsenal of power tools along with
12:28all the handles you went through is
12:30going to set you up to do most jobs in
12:31carpentry in saying that these are the
12:33tools that you'll be using but you're
12:35still going to have to look at getting
12:36other things such as your levels your
12:38ladders and so many other small specific
12:40tools that you'll need to get depending
12:41on what projects you're doing now if you
12:43are looking at bu P tobl for the first
12:45time I want to know in the comments
12:46Below on what brand you're thinking of
12:48getting and if you already have all your
12:50tools and you were hypothetically to
12:51restart and get a new brand of power
12:53tools I want to know which brand stands
12:55out for you