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Nice quality 1/4" wood chisel ($30)
Misc woodcarving chisels (curved gouges)
Sloane finger plane (10mm)
Dremel tool
Stew Mac router base with edge guide (cutting binding ledge, routing for inlay)
Dial gauge (used to make a thickness caliper)
Xacto needle file kit (fitting dovetail, cleaning scroll, and much more)
Xacto woodworkers kit (hand cutting binding ledge around scroll, shaping scroll)
Coping saw (cutting out scrolls, cutting out heel button, f-holes, headstock overlay and mother of pearl inlay)
Various grit sandpaper (adhesive backed) and sanding sticks (scrap wood and dowels)
Random orbital sander (nice for smoothing transitions in top and back graduation)
Bench clamp (allows use of two hands on operations like binding)
2" spring clamps
2 12" clamps
Homemade spool clamps (for gluing the top and back)
Clothespins (clamping lining to sides)
Long binding rubber bands (avail from StewMac)
Thin clear plastic sheets for making templates
High power blow dryer (for softening binding)
Titebond wood glue
Weld-On #16 acrylic glue (for bindings)
Superglue (for position markers)
And I'm sure a few more I'm forgetting...


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