I’ve been planning (after finishing my first attempt at guitar building) to build a second one. In parallel, I’ve been putting together the tools that I would need along with the wood that I will need for the 2nd guitar. I’ve been getting the tools from a few different sources.
I’ve gotten a FesTool trim router as I had some work experience with this in our guitar building class. It had a nice feature set along with some that aren’t included in many trim routers. To me, it was worth the premium cost of the router.
In addition, I got a fairly inexpensive tool set that will allow assembly and creation of various guitar parts. Here is a shot of my first (probably of a few) drawer of guitar making tools.
You can see files, sanding pads and sanding blocks, luthier clamps, hand circle cutter, hand purfling/binding cutter, bridge clamp, router bits, fret hammer and fret cutter. I’m waiting for some parts to build a go-bar clamping setup. This should get me going and any other tools will need to be made or bought along the way.
I should be able to start the 2nd guitar in a week or two when I receive the wood.
