Beginner tools you shouldn't buy
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HF F clamps. Most cheap guys have them, because they used to be dirt cheap. $6/each cheap ( more now, I'm sure). Same goes for the HF pipe clamps, but he pointed that out.
The Dewalt is the cadillac of the small planers, but if you are really strapped for $, the Wen is cheaper and adequate. Not great, but passable. Better yet, find something used...I saw a twenty year-old 15" Taiwan built ( they came in the country under more than one nane) planer on FB Marketplace last week for $500 (asking price). Gotta durn near have a tractor to move one, but you can still find knives and the motor is a common size mounted externally.
He didn't include the price of the hose in his nailer set-up, but a cordless compressor would be really neat. I run a little 1-gallon Fortress I bought at HF for $99 (on sale) that I have to plug in with a refurb Bostitch.
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Clamps - for big glue-ups, I used pipe clamps. The only problem was that, if you didn't get the board EXACTLY centered, you could cause your panel to bow. I added some little spacers onto the pipe that would keep the boards aligned.
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Belt Sander - back in the day, it was either a belt sander or a pad sander. I had both. The random-orbit jobs of today look like they would be just fine.
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Planer - never had one, or had the need for one. All the lumber I purchased was S2S, and for an extra buck, the yard would run one edge through the jointer. Probably cheaper, for me, to do it that way.
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Never had much use for a nailer either. For adding trim to a pieces, some brads to hold it in place as the glue dried was all I needed.
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Interesting how he makes several comments about dust collection. It seems like many of the videos I see have elaborate, and presumably effective, dust collection. Not in my day, LOL.
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For construction, ya gotta have nailers. I've got 18g, 16g, 15g, stapler and a framing nailer. My 15 & 18 are oiless. Don't last as long, but they leave no oil residue on the board.
I'm no woodworker. I butcher a piece on occasion. My dust collection system is a broom and a dustpan.
