Guitar Workshop Inventory

Jigsaw, drum sander and vertical oscillating sander opposite new bench
Jigsaw, drum sander and vertical oscillating sander opposite new bench

These are the things I would find it hard to do without in my workshop.

Power tools

  • Bandsaw
  • Drum sander
  • Vertical oscillating sander
  • Pillar drill
  • Lathe – doubles as sander (with shaped discs) and mop polisher
  • Laminate trimmer with top and bottom bearing laminate cutters and very small (1/2/3mm) cutters.  Circle cutting jig with vernier adjustment
  • Palm sander

Hand tools

  • F-clamps – 6 off
  • Wooden klampsia clamps (lots)
  • Deep throat F clamp
  • Deep throat clamps – for gluing bridge
  • Metal vice
  • Drill vice
  • Flexible jaws vice (home-made)
  • Set of flat chisels – 1/2″ down to 1/8″
  • Skew chisels –
  • Scrapers
  • Shoulder plane
  • Small palm plane
  • Flexible sole plane – for cutting the concave jigs for back and top
  • Set of small rat-tail files
  • Set of nut files
  • Half round file
  • Flat file with flat edge
  • Japanese half round rasp
  • Japanese marking knife
  • Set of rulers (6″, 12″, 24″, 36″)
  • Square
  • Digital vernier (imperial & metric)
  • Screw lock bevel
  • Japanese dozuki saw
  • Fret cutting saw
  • Sanding disc – 15′ concave for preparing bottom of sides for back
  • Sanding block – 25′ convex for doing underside of bridge

Jigs

  • Bench hook
  • Shooting boards
  • Side moulds and base building jig
  • Back building board
  • Lining laminate gluing jig
  • Side bending jig
  • Fingerboard fret marking jig
  • Fingerboard fret cutting jig
  • Top/bottom template
  • Head template
  • Fingerboard template
  • Bridge positioning template
  • 15′ and 25′ radius sticks

Consumables

  • Double sided tape
  • Wide blue masking tape
  • Titebond yellow glue
  • White PVA glue
  • Shellac flakes & thinners
  • Pumice
  • Cotton waste and linen sheets
  • Sandpaper 180-400
  • Emery paper 600-2000
  • Polishing compound
  • China graph pencils
  • Carpenters pencils

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