What are these seven essentials? Buy a quality hand saw; measure and mark wood carefully; crosscut and rip hardwood boards by hand; edge-joint and surface a three foot plank by hand; keep your tools sharper; perfectly cut a mortise-and-tenon joint by hand; master a single finishing technique before trying another. You'll learn the seven essentials faster if you practise them with hand tools, and that's what you get here - a basic woodworking course that focuses on the true priorities arising out of your love and mastery of wood.