Tools are quite exciting. You start by acquiring of basic hand operated ones, then there is a whole set of tools for construction that you can probably use for

Tools are quite exciting. You start by acquiring of basic hand operated ones, then there is a whole set of tools for construction that you can probably use for garden furniture carpentry, then come the tools that you can use to create furniture proper. I believe material wise it is a similar journey. From soft construction wood to hardwoods, that require different tools and techniques... Metal processing is a challenge of it's own. One set of tolling while you do aluminium grade of metals and then tooling becomes more or less cost prohibitive. Consider the workshop space. It is a lot of tools for this journey... It is sort of same as software development. You do spend a lot of time to prepare infrastructure to craft repeatable parts that will stick together and align on a certain angle, etc. The feeling when it works is magical. Fighting your tool to get things done (it is time for upgrade :)) is dreadful...