Top Luthier Tools Of 2024

Check out my current picks for the best luthier tools. These are the tools that help me get more done, do higher quality work, and have more fun in the process. I hope this video helps you find some new top tools of your own to help you do your best guitar-building work in 2024 and beyond.

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[philip]

Thank you so much for taking the time to pass on your wisdom

[planetdigital]

we loved this video so much - we watched it slowly - tool by tool - your generosity of spirit and sharing is legendary

[normbarrows]

I believe Stew Mac calls it a "fret end dressing file" - got one myself. After nipping the tangs, Ken Parker uses a Dremel and cutoff wheel to carve the bottom of the fret ends slightly concave to ensure the fret ends stay flat on the fingerboard. There is also a concave hemispherical grinder drill bit to easily shape "hot dog end" frets on the market. From the player's point of view, equal spacing between strings is better than center-to-center (from a string spacing ruler or doing the math), but it depends on the string gauges you're running - change gauges and your nut's wrong. Z-files should theoretically give the best crowning results - always sold out every time I try to get one. A tool or process being easy and fun to use is all good and fine - but in the end, results are what counts.

[bryantcochran]

Great video, I too use most of those tools, including the festool orbital palm sander. The right tools make building extremely fun.

[jimdoner]

I was hoping you would get to your pattern makers vice, and I wonder if you have any thoughts over it and the StewMac version ? I'm starting into guitar repare.

[liquidrockaquatics]

I am going to watch this video, but I’m 3 minutes in and when you mentioned barely moving to reach your desired tool, I realized that HOW you organize your tools would be beneficial as well as the tools themselves

[gillesdumarey]

had a festool sander replaced it with a dewalt fits nicer in the hand

[williamhoward]

i live in california there was at one time tandy shops but can not find any now i like making belts and wallets so where can i find simple kits am 83 yo vet

[johngriswold]

Nice video...gonna cost me some money though;)