No, this isn't about a bookmatched, dovetailed toolchest with 50 compartments and inlay in the shape of a drawknife, although I dream of having one! I have often been asked about the tools required to make a chair, and since I travel so much these days, it's become evident, and imperative that I figure out the necessities in my shop. One of the joys of chairmaking is the limited tool list, and in the cauldron of the classroom, I've refined this list and thought you might like to see it. There are a few things that are specific to my personal techniques, but in general, this list could get you sitting pretty after a shipwreck (on an island with ring porous hardwoods!) EDIT: Obviously, this isn't a real survivor list, which would be just a few tools, but a list of the tools that come into use in my everyday shop experience, although, all of these tools do basically fit in a toolbag. Now if I could just get Hoadley to publish a version of his book that doubles as a floatation device! Turning Roughing Gouge 1 in gouge Skew Parting tool Tenoners ½, 7/16, 3/8,5/8 Tenon jig that sits on lathe bed for sighting tenon angle Galbert Caliper Sizing Tool Spindle gouge 2MT jacobs chuck and key steady rest cclamps Shaving Drawknives Spokeshaves marking guage Bead Scraper Books Hoadley Alexander Sloane Langsner Underhill Santori Carving Adze Travisher Inshave Gutter carver Tenon trimming gouges Flush cut saws Depth drill Painting Filters Paint Extra Bond Brush Anti Foaming Scotchbrite Steel wool Oil Gloves Splitting Maul Froe Wedges Brake Hatchet Sledges Chainsaw Gas Oil Wrench Spark plugs Sharpening Stones Grinders Buffer Holders bear tex auger file Nagura Drywall screen Plate glass Wood Stone Holder with wedge Strop Small grinding bits Green rouge diamond hones wheel dresser pin jig for drawknife grinding magnet jig for drawknife grinding diamond paste Planes Scrub #4 #5 #7 Drilling Drill and charger Bits bit and brace irwin extension bit Measuring and Marking Clear Rulers Protractors Black rules Extension rule Bevel boss Spindle blocks Aluminum straight edges Carpenter pencils Accuscribe Assembly String Irwin quick grip clamp Tenon chamferer (carpenter pencil sharpener) Rubberbands Reamers Holding Jigs with v notches for drilling undercarraige Mirrors Dead Blow Hammer Bevel Squares Steel plate with holes for sizing tenons square target for sighting mortise drilling tenon taperer plumber reamer extra bends Misc Wax Pencils Cyanoacrylate Foil Gluepot Measuring spoons Chip brushes Spring clamps Shavehorses Heat gun iron Steamer, pot, reservoir 5/8 dowels Tape Scraping scraper jig Scrapers Burnisher Oil Files I'm sure you will have a couple of questions which I can answer in the comments page, plus you can tell me which tools you can't live with out. Cheers!