Stompfrog
Active member
Hi all,
I have been doing a fair bit of thinking recently about what tools I need (would like to have) to make ukuleles/guitars. It would be great to get some feedback from some more experience builders.
What I am trying to achieve is a sensible set of core tools to allow me to produce small volumes of good quality instruments in a reasonable timescale.
I imagine that there are a load more specialist tools/jigs that I will want to buy/build in the future but in terms of the core pieces of kit for a small luthiers workshop does this list seem reasonable?
NB: I appreciate that a skilled craftsman with plenty of time on his hands could probably make an incredible ukulele armed with nothing more than a swiss army knife so many of the tools I mention could be considered luxuries. But luxuries are nice right?
* Items I already have
I have been doing a fair bit of thinking recently about what tools I need (would like to have) to make ukuleles/guitars. It would be great to get some feedback from some more experience builders.
What I am trying to achieve is a sensible set of core tools to allow me to produce small volumes of good quality instruments in a reasonable timescale.
- Router*
- Router table*
- Small drill Press*
- Small drum sander thicknesser
- Small bandsaw/scroll saw
I imagine that there are a load more specialist tools/jigs that I will want to buy/build in the future but in terms of the core pieces of kit for a small luthiers workshop does this list seem reasonable?
NB: I appreciate that a skilled craftsman with plenty of time on his hands could probably make an incredible ukulele armed with nothing more than a swiss army knife so many of the tools I mention could be considered luxuries. But luxuries are nice right?
* Items I already have