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Walk into any hardware store and you’ll see 30 types of wood. For your first projects, ignore most of them. Here’s what you actually need.

Start Here: Pine and Plywood

Pine is cheap, widely available, and easy to cut. Plywood is strong, stable, and perfect for shelves and cabinet boxes. Between these two, you can build almost anything in a beginner woodworking project list.

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