What tool saves you the most time?

[John TenEyck]

A well developed drawing and cutlist of all the parts, followed by milling parts of the same width, length, etc. at the same time.

John

[Matt Day]

For making furniture? Jointer and planer

Just about everyone’s gonna have a different answer.

[Darcy Warner]

For making furniture? Jointer and planer

Just about everyone’s gonna have a different answer.

I will stick with forklift no matter what.

[Osvaldo Cristo]

As a father of four I have limited time in my shop. I was curious what the community's finds to be the biggest time saver on projects.

1. As some guys called attention previously, it depends of the project. I suppose you refer to "typical woodshop"

2. Also will depend from your baseline. If you are comparing against bare hands, probably hammer and chisels are my answer... if you adopt as baseline handtools, my preference in the workshop is table saw and router.

[Matt Day]

I will stick with forklift no matter what.

How are they at cutting a mortise? Sharpen up those forks for timber framing!

[Prashun Patel]

By far: HVLP spraying water-based finishes. After setting up, it eliminates ALL the headache of finishing. In fact, now that I have the 3m PPS system, it's even faster, because clean up is almost eliminated.

I have a Domino, but it's not appropriate on every project. Spraying applies to far more projects.

[Darcy Warner]

How are they at cutting a mortise? Sharpen up those forks for timber framing!

Easy to haul it to the chain mortiser.

[Adam Herman]

my allis chalmers 5020 with a front loader sure beats shoveling. great for moving anything heavy also.

[Mick Simon]

Dust collector.

[Phil Mueller]

A tie between check book and credit card.

[eugene thomas]

My 2305 Johndeere tractor with plenty of attachments...

[Steve Jenkins]

Only thing I can think of to save time is an hour glass. ��

[Pat Barry]

Used properly, my brain. Not used properly this also costs me the most!

[Frederick Skelly]

Compound miter saw, tablesaw.

[Thomas Canfield]

A pencil and scratch pad to make plans, work out dimensions, cut lists, work steps, possible need for special jigs or fixtures, tools, and in general do the project mentally before going to material and equipment.