Aside from your wood working plans you need a simple tool set to get you started before you start a wood working project. Wood working as a hobby is something you will enjoy beginning with something very basic like a simple coffee table and then evolving over time as you grow your skills towards more complex projects. Wood work plans can vary from easy to complex, most of which can be designed with a common collection of hand tools as long as you have somewhere to work, a bench to work on or even just a few saw horses. You can build your tool collection over time but beginning with the minimum you'll need would include saws, chisels, a mallet, hammer, various screwdrivers, a drill, drill bits, a good measuring tape, rulers, carpenter's square, various clamps, pencils, a good hand plane, sandpaper range and a good wood glue. You may use a wide range of resources, but you definitely don't need them all to get started. So let's talk about saws a little bit-what kind of a s