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1. Fret Press Build (version 2)

   By Woodenspoke, February 22, 2009
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   • Bjorn.LaSanche
   • November 10, 2020

2. Jay5's $15 Home Depot Fret Bender 1 2

   By jay5, January 23, 2005
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   • ADFinlayson
   • January 5, 2019

3. Saturday Shop Shot - post photos of your bench as it is! 1 2 3

   By Prostheta, January 7, 2017
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   • Mr Natural
   • November 19, 2017

4. laser cutting Laser Cutting Discussion And Advice Thread

   By ProjectGuitar.com, July 30, 2016   

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   • StratsRdivine
   • January 9, 2017

5. List Of Guitar Building Tools 1 2

   By Lex Luthier, August 16, 2004
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   • Prostheta
   • November 18, 2013

6. Factory Tours 1 2 3

   By Brian, June 11, 2003
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   • alteredtunings
   • June 24, 2010

7. Fret Press Conversion

   By Woodenspoke, February 4, 2009
   • 16 replies
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   • Woodenspoke
   • February 9, 2009

8. Radius Sanding Blocks Tutorial

   By oz tradie, August 22, 2006
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   • kenggg
   • January 2, 2008

9. tools for exact and accurate fret slotting?

   By PRSpoggers, Monday at 11:45 PM
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   • curtisa
   • 3 hours ago

10. How deep do I set my fret saw stopper?

    By PRSpoggers, Thursday at 09:48 PM
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    • ADFinlayson
    • Friday at 11:05 AM

11. so... cnc body joining?

    By mistermikev, December 30, 2020
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    • mistermikev
    • January 5

12. Shop Safety - Tips, Suggestions, Horror Stories

    By Invader Zim, December 26, 2020
    • 4 replies
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    • soapbarstrat
    • December 28, 2020

13. New Workbench

    By jaycee, March 29, 2020   

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    • 4 replies
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    • soapbarstrat
    • December 26, 2020

14. Wishlist items?

    By PRSpoggers, December 24, 2020
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    • PRSpoggers
    • December 24, 2020

15. What tools and jigs are better off just building yourself?

    By PRSpoggers, December 20, 2020
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    • Bizman62
    • December 21, 2020

16. Usefull, Tools alternative

    By MiKro, December 20, 2020
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    • MiKro
    • December 20, 2020

17. Good chisels?

    By PRSpoggers, December 13, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 39 views
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    • Bizman62
    • December 14, 2020

18. This is quite the expensive hobby!

    By PRSpoggers, December 12, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 42 views
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    • Bizman62
    • December 12, 2020

19. worried about wearing my mask wrong

    By PRSpoggers, December 10, 2020
    • 1 reply
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    • Bizman62
    • December 10, 2020

20. Where can you find N95 masks for wood working?

    By PRSpoggers, December 10, 2020
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    • PRSpoggers
    • December 10, 2020

21. Do I need to bend frets?

    By PRSpoggers, December 6, 2020
    • 4 replies
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    • ScottR
    • December 7, 2020

22. Big purchase day from stew mac!

    By PRSpoggers, December 6, 2020
    • 2 replies
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    • PRSpoggers
    • December 6, 2020

23. Do you make your own jigs or do you buy them?

    By PRSpoggers, December 5, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 55 views
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    • PRSpoggers
    • December 6, 2020

24. "Boutique" tools you can make yourself

    By Bizman62, December 4, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 85 views
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    • curtisa
    • December 5, 2020

25. Getting overwhelmed on what I need to build a neck

    By PRSpoggers, December 2, 2020
    • 8 replies
    • 74 views
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    • Bizman62
    • December 4, 2020