Any Luthier / guitar folks or Luthier tools at DMS?

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Hey folks, I’m new to DMS but I’m hoping to get back into building electric guitars. I didn’t know if there were any other folks at DMS who shared the hobby or if anyone would be interested in it.
One of the things I’m curious about is I had a bunch of the specialty tools when I had my garage shop and I didn’t know if DMS already had some of them before I go out and buy them again.

I’m mostly thinking about fret slotter / sawblade for the table saw, fretting tools, that weird sized truss rod bit, etc.

Also body templates, I’m going to get a few Swamp Ash body blanks and want to warm back up with a tele & strat with my girlfriend and maybe even put together a class out of teaching her/re-learning.

I’m probably going to make a bunch of my own jig’s for things like neck pockets, neck radiusing, etc. and if there were other folks we could share/work together on them…

One thing I’m REALLY curious about is using the CNC stuff for body & neck carving…

My hope is to get back into building them and keep pushing myself and maybe doing an accoustic this year… I think it would be a cool/fun class too as it’s actually pretty easy and would teach the woodshop, power woodshop, (maybe the CNC), and a little bit of electronics.

If there aren’t any tools no worries but I’m for sure going to be buying them and if anyone else is interested let me know!

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I would be interested in a class if you go forward with that. I want to try my hand at making a production line for the Vulcan Lyre and I think this would help.

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There is a gentleman who I have seen building guitar bodies on the CNC, I didn’t catch his name though. He looked like he had a good amount of experience with this and had a lot of his own bits and jigs

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I googled the Lyre and it looks cool! Full disclosure though: I’ve never built an acoustic, closest was a hollowbody but I can help with tonewoods, finishing advice, etc. I saw some online and it looks closer to a harp. Once I clear the rust out I want to try an acoustic but they take a TON of clamps, steam benders, and patience.

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Yikes, that’s a looks like it would take all the clamps here… Good thing I was planning on making it be an electric harp, I guess.

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Did you see this thread?