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You might like to look at Paul Sellers' videos? He can get a lot done with hand saws, marking tools, and chisels. But in general, among hobbies, woodworking i

• mbrock 6y ago
  Rex Krueger is worth checking out too. The series he’s been making now is all about getting started with real woodworking using minimal inexpensive tools. There’s some craft-historical topics too especially in his approach to workbenches: he first makes a simple low bench in an old Roman style (inspired by Christopher Schwartz’s research) and later an English workbench with a big leg vise. Both relatively easy constructions from cheap softwood with ingenuity and definite pragmatism.
• Ma8ee 6y ago
  It's just too easy that any hobby becomes spending hours drooling over equipment you want to buy rather than actually doing stuff (whether it is woodworking or playing the guitar). This is one reason I really like Paul Sellers: You don't need so much.
  • jeromenerf 6y ago
    Paul videos are great but he usually works with prepared stock and mostly focus on the final steps of the projects. Actually, he doesn’t have much "project videos" except for the "workbench" series. You will find that problems arise when you need to prep stock. You can totally do it with hand tools, as it’s been done for centuries, but it’s hard work.
    • Ma8ee 6y ago
      What I do very often is that I adapt my projects to the wood I get my hands on. But otherwise, I have to admit that ripsawing by hand isn't that fun. If I would get one machine for my workshop it would be a bandsaw (and maybe a drillpress).