power tools that I plan to use in my tiny wood shop
jigsaw
WHY would you want to use a jigsaw in a tiny wood shop? Because jigsaws aren't just cheap and portable, they're also incredibly versatile. [1] It's true that they have a reputation of making rough cuts, but it's actually not hard to make precise cuts, with a few tweaks.
barrel-grip jigsaws are easier to control than traditional "D handle" jigsaws
For some tiny wood shops, dust collection is critical (e.g. shops within a living space). Unfortunately, jigsaws tend to produce a lot of dust. Possible solutions: [1][2]
Personally, I'd like a battery-powered one so that I can do some cutting outside, and thus sidestep some of the dust issues.
If you will almost always only be making straight cuts, then this might be a faster and more efficient alternative to a jigsaw.
(of course, a full-size circular saw could work as well, but in the context of my "tiny wood shop inside an apartment", a mini circular saw makes a lot of sense)
Traditional hand planes are incredibly important in a tiny wood shop, and there's a good chance that the power-tool equivalent could save you some sweat and muscle. Yes, they take more skill to use than a bench-top thickness planer, but tiny wood shop users probably have most of those skills already, and electric hand planers have no width limitation like thickness planers do.