I got my saw at Home Depot for under 100 bucks, I use it almost every day so I have A good one. My sander I got for almost nothing at one of the cheap tool sales, Harbor Freight has better ones plus the scroll saws. Other then that no other special tools needed. I used to get my wood from Lone Star, now from Balsa USA. In the bones before I added the hard wood stringers from the fire wall to just behind the cockpit then sheeted. One piece 80 inch wing, Brison 40cc. Dang fine flying machine, took about 5 months to build. You don't see A lot of them at the field either!!! With plans there are A lot of nice planes to build in the size you want and planes you never see flying very often. Go for it!!!![8D]