We’ll start with a set of links to other sites with information about making tools and jigs for lutherie, expanded with specific topics where possible;
General
- Dale Manufacturing – an interesting but quirky fellow from Salem Oregan with some extreme ideas about lutherie. See also the ‘How-To’ and ‘General Lutherie’ pages for more of his stuff.
- Plate Replacement Fixture – a bit obsessive, perhaps, but does seem to solve the problem of quick alignment after glue application
- Salve Håkedal, violin maker – a Norwegian Luthier, makes standard violins as well as some oddball fiddles, such as Hardanger fiddles. His site is in Norwegian as well as English, this is the English side.
- His Tips and Tricks page, which includes the next ones
- Chin-rest Bracket Plate repair Clamp
- Small, Light Violin Crack Clamps – home-made clamps for repairing cracks.1
- His Tips and Tricks page, which includes the next ones
Thickness Sanders
- Pat Hawley’s thickness sander – The original source of plans for my own thickness sander, mine is virtually identical, allowing for differences in the particulars of the active parts used. See here also for Pat’s binding router jig.