Welcome to GJ. There are many helpful threads here and no lack of opinions by members. Feel free to browse the Woodworking 101 thread for chatter about handplanes and other ww topics.
As for your bandsaw, I think that tool is more for metal than for wood. In the case of metal, it depends on what you intend to cut. Brass is softer than steel but brass is sticky. Rods are different from pipes.
I was a woodworker who transitioned into metal and I discovered that metal materials have a much larger variety than wood materials. Certainly different wood species have different characteristics but in the end, wood is wood. The different varieties and characteristics in metal is just staggering. For example, there are over 700 registered alloys of aluminum alone. Each one machines a little differently.
One recommendation I would make is that you concentrate on learning materials and branch out from there. For example, I machine cast iron, flat ground O-1 steel, and soft brass. There is much variety in just these materials but limiting my efforts to them has helped me to learn how to machine them.
It is said that Rome was not built in a day. But maybe that was because everyone was out messing around in their shops all day. Good luck and I hope you enjoy your time with the GJ community.
