Tools made in UK you would like to see

Jazzthat

So I have had a short discussion with one on my bosses about making ' luthier' tools on machine . 
The answer was , ' show me what it is and we'll look into ' .

Can you guys make a list of tools ( possible to make on CNC machine , no files etc )  ,  that you would like to see made and put price next to it you likely to pay for it ?

And to make this  clear  ,  we are talking here about solid quality and precision tools .

Thanks

mikem8634

Off the top of my head

Dual notched straight edge -

24.75"/25.50"

£30ish

Dual notched straight edge -

30.00"/34.00"

£40ish

I'll give it some more thought.

Roland

Fretboard radiusing jig.

M1ck

Jazzthat said:

So I have had a short discussion with one on my bosses about making ' luthier' tools on machine . 
The answer was , ' show me what it is and we'll look into ' .

Can you guys make a list of tools ( possible to make on CNC machine , no files etc )  ,  that you would like to see made and put price next to it you likely to pay for it ?

And to make this  clear  ,  we are talking here about solid quality and precision tools .

Thanks

An ‘F’ hole cutter. 

danishbacon

Precision fret rocker. Whatever came from Amazon was like it was made by a drunkard with an angle grinder. 

£15

GoldenEraGuitars

Not tools as such... but templates for various routing would likely prove popular and quite lucrative.

Jazzthat

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Not tools as such... but templates for various routing would likely prove popular and quite lucrative.

Any examples ?

PeteC

Precision steel fret templates for the most common scale lengths ( Gibson, Fender , PRS etc ) 

I guess of high quality and precision notched then circa £25 each 

abw1989

@Jazzthat ; said:

Any examples ?

For me it would be ones which are handy for mods or alterations:
Pick up cavities (humbucker, single coil, P90 etc)
Control cavities (LP four pot style, Strat trem, Floyd Rose trem etc)
Body templates would be great but you might get the long arm of the copyright law coming your way!

GoldenEraGuitars

Jazzthat said:

GoldenEraGuitars said:

Not tools as such... but templates for various routing would likely prove popular and quite lucrative.

Any examples ?

Templates for routing your own humbucker, single coil, p90 etc cavities as well as the template for routing the pickguard cavity too. 

Lots of DIY modders out there would buy them if there was a UK source

PeteC

+1 on the templates suggestion

FelineGuitars

We went to town having our own templates for our own use in the workshop made over the years. We had been using using a signmaker who has a laser cutter. 

Here is own new revised Floyd Rose Installing system - took ages to get all the layers organised.

DrBob

Fret press thing for  inserting into a drill press along with the different radius cauls ? 

Price ? Dunno less than Stewmac ?

axisus

I'd like to see a better dremel router base than the Stewmac one, which I think is extremely clunky to use.

Jazzthat

All noted and I'll pass it on soon to bosses . However , some tools won't make much profit if any and I don't think they'll be willing to make them .
For example templates , these are laser cut and that isn't as easy to machine . At least not for money they are sell for currently .

GoldenEraGuitars

Jazzthat said:

All noted and I'll pass it on soon to bosses . However , some tools won't make much profit if any and I don't think they'll be willing to make them .
For example templates , these are laser cut and that isn't as easy to machine . At least not for money they are sell for currently .

Ha.... no one works in the guitar business to make money!

TTony

I'm currently working with someone who has put this fret slotting jig together



It's just about at final prototype stage.

The template include 6 separate scale lengths (with another template for bass scale lengths).

It's a more secure design than the StewMac version (which I've got), and is also more accurate.

crunchman

Fretboard Radiusing beams would be good.

As above, notched straight edges.

mikem8634

I don't know if it would be practically or financially viable but you could also look at some options in guitar hardware. Scratchplates perhaps? Control plates? Tele bridge plates in alternative shapes or specialist specifications? There may be decent mark-ups on things like these -

http://www.armadilloguitar.com/product-category/guitar-bridge-plates-saddles/

https://www.schroederguitarhardware.com/products/schroeder-tl-bridge

Be nice to have some more UK options. Although I am aware that Grainger is in this territory and Axion does a Micawber bridge.

Oh, and I'd add a preicision straight edge to my previous post. Crimson's is £30 so undercutting that a bit would be good.

axisus

TTony said:

I'm currently working with someone who has put this fret slotting jig together



It's just about at final prototype stage.

The template include 6 separate scale lengths (with another template for bass scale lengths).

It's a more secure design than the StewMac version (which I've got), and is also more accurate.

I'm impressed with that!

crunchman

TTony said:

I'm currently working with someone who has put this fret slotting jig together



It's just about at final prototype stage.

The template include 6 separate scale lengths (with another template for bass scale lengths).

It's a more secure design than the StewMac version (which I've got), and is also more accurate.

That looks good.

Presumably you could make a different template for bass scale lengths.