Tools and Tool Construction

Tools Used in the Construction of My Acoustic Guitar

Tool Directory Building clamps Circle cutting jig Thickness Sander     Various Designs     Layout of the sander    Building the table       Cutting the disks     Building the frame     Finishing the disks     Mounting the motor     Finishing the sander     Complete

This is a typical bandsaw. Get at least a 12" bandsaw for building guitars.

Bandsaw - A bandsaw is one

of the essential tools that you will need to build an acoustic guitar. A bandsaw has a circular blade and is used to cut, not only straight cuts, but curved ones as well.

Table Saw or Bench Saw - To get a straight cut, you almost HAVE to have a table or bench saw. They are basically the same thing except a table saw sits on legs where a bench saw sits on top of your work bench. A good 10" saw will work perfectly for what we need.

Router - Routers use bits to cut designs into the side of wood objects or they can use flush cutting bits to trim the edges of, in our case, a guitar. You can also use a router to cut the trench for the binding on your guitar.

Rotary tool - Dremel is a commonly know rotary tool. Rotary tools have many, many uses. They can be used for cutting, grinding, making binding channels, etc.

Drill - An electric drill is another essential tool you will need if you are building a guitar. There will be many holes that have to be drilled.

Drill Press - This is an electric drill but it sits on a stand and allows greater precision when drilling holes.

The power tools I have so far are:

I will start construction on a thickness sander soon. I think that is all I will need to build my guitar. I just bought a plunge router attachment for my Black & Decker rotary tool. I think it might make doing inlays on the guitar a little easier. Time will tell!