Besides all of that, make sure you have some handtools. If you have to ask, you don't know enough. Get out a good carpentry book and look up what each does. Better yet, use them to see what it takes to cut, drill, or whatever with them.

Like this, a peavey for turning logs. Boy, it is essential. Nobody ever mentions it.


You might be able to find an old one that needs some TLC, some oil, and a new handle.