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This gage is great. I can easily set my router, trimmer or Dremel router base depth to within 2-3 thou in seconds!

http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=30732&utm_source=dirxion&utm_medium=digflyer&utm_campaign=RTG54

Veritas plow plane. So nice to quietly run it along a neck blank and have a perfect truss rod slot, with only a pile of easily picked up shavings afterward instead of router fluff everywhere.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=69788&cat=1,41182

If I had to choose only one, my LN 62. just lapped recently on a granite surface plate at 0.002mm tolerence.
First "proper" tool I purchased several years ago, a revelation.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

My Carruth ultimate scrapers. A joy to use. My LN low angle block plane is a close second.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

+1 for LN lowangle smoother , jack , block plane , high angle smoother etc etc.

Hmm...

Seems most of my tools make go "Gaaahhhh!"

Samurai chisels and luthier tool belt!

I'm not at home, so no pix, but getting bridges bonded neatly and well has been
a bane of mine for several years. I just built the router jigs for routing a relief
around the edges of a bridge, and for removing just the finish from the remaining
bridge footprint. Used them for the first time a couple of weeks ago, and they are
SWEEEEEEET!!

I know several threads have revolved around versions of these jigs, so I can't think
of everyone's names to attribute the tool development to, but Todd Stock is one
of them. I apologize to any others left out.

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Gene

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason- Mark Twain

Cool, and hurry with those pics so I can quit going to the unneatly bonded bridges support group!

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Pat

I have got to have that!!! I love my Wixey digital magnetic angle finder. One of my favorite secret weapons.


Ken Jones
Mountain Song Guitars

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Mountain Song Guitars www.mountainsongguitars.com

Hi!

I would say:


It makes the job so easy!

nice thread! last thing to make me go aaaah! was the 1st time i used a sigma select II water stone... amazing the amount of metal it takes at such an easy pace.

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member of the guild of professional dilettantes

I have both, and use them every day in my shop. They make repeatability a snap. Make sure you have a good supply of CR2032 batteries, because you won't want to be without them!

Alex

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"Indecision is the key to flexibility" .... Bumper sticker

Jet/Performax 10-20 drum sander

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Steve Sollod (pronounced sorta like "Solid")
www.swiftcreekguitars.com

I love my old lathe so much. It is hands down my favorite tool and I feel lucky every time I use it.

Here it is putting the taper on some pink ivory tuner buttons:


And milling a run of bone vintage head pins:




If anyone is interested:
http://www.lathes.co.uk/cataract/

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

Hey Burton, Can you post a couple more pictures of the button holder you use on your lathe. That is a really great idea!

Josh

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Josh House

Canadian Luthier Supply
http://www.canadianluthiersupply.com
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House Guitars - Custom Built Acoustic Instruments.
http://www.houseguitars.com

Hey Josh,

Sure, I'll take some pics tonight. That was an AHA moment for me- I had been sanding them one at a time on a fixture on the disc sander. Doing them on the lathe leaves a perfect finish and does 4 at a time!! Eliminated my least favorite (and the least accurate) part, which was smooth sanding them at the end.

It came about because I needed to taper the upper (main) section of a button and leave the base decorative element slightly larger (and not tapered), I couldn't do it in any realistic way on the sander. When I designed the jig for that I realized how it would make everything easier.

Here is a pic of the buttons I made the jig for, these are in real ivory and made to match some period Martin buttons:

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

Pat, FWIW I made one of those years ago (long before a "commercial" version appeared ... dang, missed another one!) to use with my caliper... dead easy.

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Dave
Milton, ON

Got to put in a word for my Fuji Q3/XPC gun too.

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

I do find the cnc mill hard to beat.

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I read Emerson on the can. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...true...but a consistent reading of Emerson has its uses nevertheless.

StuMusic

Lee Valley has the digital height setting gauge for $12.95
http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/page.aspx?p=68816&cat=1,44047&ap=1

Bob

I recently bought stock feeder that I've been using on my table saw and router table, and it has been great! But the one that I'm really looking forward to using is the new Fuji T75G spray gun that I picked up yesterday.

Alex

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"Indecision is the key to flexibility" .... Bumper sticker

I've seen those somewhere before ..................

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Jimmy Caldwell
http://www.caldwellguitars.com

Jimmy, Yes you have!! I see that little guitar is on an extended CA vacation. Seems like the perfect place for it, I hope someone is lucky enough to snag it.

Josh, Here are some closer pics of the jig. The buttons mount on the 3/32 pins and are held in place by the bar from behind. Once one taper is cut they are flipped and held at 2 points by the cutout in the bar. The bar's shaft has a flat milled on top which helps keep it square when it is locked down by the brass screw.

It is a first draft but works well. All aluminum except for the pins, bar/shaft, and screws. It has a 1" mounting shaft and is held in a collet.

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

Thanks Burton, I'm going to have to try making one of those.

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Josh House

Canadian Luthier Supply
http://www.canadianluthiersupply.com
https://www.facebook.com/canadianluthiersupply?ref=hl
House Guitars - Custom Built Acoustic Instruments.
http://www.houseguitars.com