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Spool Clamps – GenOne Luthier Services
Spool Clamps can be a very valuable tool to have in your tool chest. They are specialized tools, but are incredible when they are needed for certain tasks. If you purchase enough of them to say, to clamp an acoustic guitar back to the sides, you will need at least 24 to 32 clamps. That …
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Bad Axe Tool Works – Services and Tools for the Discriminating Woodworker
Bad AxeTool Works makes saws as they would have appeared fresh out of a 19th Century American sawmaker’s shop, only you decide how to customize the look and toothline to best suit your woodworking requirement and style.Our saws will surprise you with how well they perform–and they look as good as they cut. Sized to …
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FRETS.COM
Source: FRETS.COM Photos, including some showing how he makes his kerfing.
GenOne Luthier Services Guitar Plans
Acoustic & classical guitar plans, ukulele plans, electrical guitar plans, mandolin plans and guitar building tool plans are available in digital format for easy printing and direct use on a tablet, computer or smart phone. Plans are drawn full scale and and fully detailed of dozens of instrument styles. Source: GenOne Luthier Services Guitar Plans
Make Your Own Preformed Purfling
Source: Make Your Own Preformed Purfling (Based on the dates in the text, it is likely Mr. Fischer is quite likely no longer active (“Luthier since 1939” – if we assume he was 19 when he started, then he would have been born in 1920, making him 102 as of the time of this writing…). …
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Michael Greenfield shows how he makes sure that the sides have no bumps or waves in them. Hint: it’s a piece of spring steel with 80 grit on one side and 120 grit on the other. He uses .020″ spring steel for the larger curves, and .008″ spring steel for the waist curves.
Toggle Clamp jig Gallery
A Gallery of Inspired Shop Jigs made with Toggle Clamps, Available at Highland Woodworking Source: Toggle Clamp jig Gallery