Luthier's Workshop Tour

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If you saw anything you liked here’s a few links for you! I compiled a list of all the tools in the shop. Some are affiliate links, some aren’t, just so you know. I tried to be really fair about everything I spoke about, so I hope this is a good guide if you need to kit yourself out. It looks like Axminster in particular has changed it’s line since I got my stuff, so I’ve linked the closest models to what I got.
Big things:
Drum sander: rb.gy/j1c8ma
Table saw: rb.gy/bg1fv4
Router: rb.gy/y14fjh
Bandsaw: rb.gy/mc3331
Pillar drill: rb.gy/8vlcor
Guitar side bender: stewmac.sjv.io...
Router cradle jig: stewmac.sjv.io...
Luthier vice: stewmac.sjv.io...
Buffing wheel: stewmac.sjv.io...
Workbench: www.nbrhodesfu...
CNC Machine: www.mekanika.io ‪@MekanikaTools‬
Tool wall:
Fret cutters: stewmac.sjv.io...
Deluxe fret tang nippers: stewmac.sjv.io...
Fret hammer: stewmac.sjv.io...
Mini plane: stewmac.sjv.io...
Fretboard radius: stewmac.sjv.io...
String spacing rule: stewmac.sjv.io...
Rule small: stewmac.sjv.io...
Rule: stewmac.sjv.io...
Fret scale: stewmac.sjv.io...
Brace chisel: stewmac.sjv.io...
Two cherries chisels: stewmac.sjv.io...
Straight edge: stewmac.sjv.io...
Crowning file: stewmac.sjv.io...
Precision protractor: rb.gy/pcq6zf
Neck profiling gauge: rb.gy/k6t2tf
Lie Nielsen No. 5: rb.gy/iev3l1
Lie Nielsen No. 7: rb.gy/gebvtj
Matt Estlea Marking Knife: rb.gy/1skokq
Honing Guide: rb.gy/wku2se
Diamond sharpening stone: rb.gy/h6vyqf
Other bits:
Hannah's beautiful artwork: rb.gy/4gk3mf
Florian’s pottery channel: / @floriangadsby
My camera: amzn.to/3Rh9kjz
Lens: amzn.to/4aZhGDf
My instagram: / daisy_tempest
This video was originally posted as an early release perk for my Patreon supporters. If you want access to early and ad free videos please do join us where I'm beginning to release early KZbin content, so you can be the first to the party.
Patreon: / daisytempest
Love, Daisy x

[@chris-C8]

As a furniture maker, I've always loved watching the luthier side of woodworking. I always show my niece your Instagram reels. Even though she's only 4, she shows interest in it, so I bought her a mini bench plane from Veritas, and we make things together. She loves glueups, so she can peel the glue off her hands. 😂 I'm glad I found your longer-format videos!

[@RedBeardOps]

That's the truth... it takes a while to "nest" into a new workshop! Love the dust collection

[@Tincad4]

you are overdue for a new workshop tour video!

[@RedBeardOps]

@@Tincad4 hahaha for sure!

[@MattEstlea]

Aww bless ya Daisy 😊 Thank you for the shoutout and the kind words. You really are an asset to the industry. Love the style of this video too!

[@DaisyTempest]

Aw thanks mate. Appreciate it.

[@LeeIsaacson]

OSB guitar when?

[@boulderdesigner]

Thank you so much for the look around your lovely workshop! It was most enjoyable and informative to those of us who dreams of a shop for themselves.

[@MichaelBuilds]

My day just got so much better! ☺️

[@DaisyTempest]

So did mine when I saw this comment!

[@kiwdwks]

Our shops are our happy place. Fantastic seeing your sanctuary...

[@veguitars]

Your shop doesn't just look like it's functional, it emits and invites creativity. Thank you for sharing 😊

[@KainzMusic]

Fan + long hair = supermodel. Male, female, all stops between. It's an unwritten universal law. Awesome tour of your shop! I love seeing BTS vids! *edit* There are guitar makers (IE; Fender, Gibson, Guild), and then there are guitar crafters (yourself, Ben from Crimson Custom). The major difference is the makers produce hundreds of guitars a week for mass sale, while a crafter creates an incredible piece of art from wood that happens to be a guitar. Blessed are the fortunate few who posses a crafted instrument!

[@DaisyTempest]

Darn right! Thanks for the comment :)

[@Theleague0fshad0ws]

@@DaisyTempestbeautiful and talented woman. A model yes, but more like important than that you’re a role model!

[@seanhallahan14]

Very generous of you to share such an intimate work space. Love your charming, disclosive, educational, fresh, personally vulnerable videos! Thsnk you so much. Love 'n Light Sean

[@RandyBelinda]

Great tour! One suggestion: since you are storing your buffing wheels on the floor, try wrapping each wheel in plastic bags when not in use. They’ll last longer, the buffing compound will stay much cleaner and you won’t accidentally scratch your work product mid polish because one of your the wheels picked up a stray wood chip. Don’t ask me how I know this! Well done video, very entertaining. Thanks.

[@WaterN2WineCreations]

Thanks for the tour, very informative! I found some tubes of silicone caulk that had been forgotten and had become solid. I peeled the cartridge off it and after sitting out a couple of days the rank odor dissipated. Now I use it for cleaning my sanding belts and discs.

[@t.e.1189]

That just made my day. I always love watching shop tours. Thank you for sharing and teaching me the difference between a rule and ruler. 62 years old and never knew that. I love when younger people teach me things. As far as routers, I've recently purchased 2 of the small DeWalt cordless routers (DCW600B) for site work and love them. Great if you happen to have DeWalt batteries already. If not, or if a corded router is still fine being that your in a shop, I've had the Bosch (PR20EVS) router. Had it for over 20 yrs before I need to rebuild it. Works great again. Great palm router. Also, I have 3 Porter Cable 690 routers. Had 2 for over 25 years, bought the 3rd second hand. Never any issues with any of them. Not sure if they're still making them, but wouldn't hesitate buy used if in good condition. No dust extraction though, but can buy 3rd party dust attachments.

[@Mikemontana2]

I’ve used many brands of routers and for the last 30 years have found Porter Cable to be the best until about six years ago I got a Festool which is now my gold standard. I have six routers and still use both manufactures and have never had one fail doing its job. I love watching your video’s, I’ve been around a bit, but still love learning, you are very informative.

[@jufferson2121]

You have such a delightful personality! I always wanted to be a luthier but now I’m 69 years old so I guess it’s not gonna happen. But it love watching you build guitars. I am a woodworker and therefore feel I know enough to really appreciate your talent. Keep up the good work!

[@disqusrubbish5467]

69 is not too late. Really! (You don't need all those tools...)

[@patbaker-ukulele-NZ]

Just completed renovating my old, dilapidated workshop, bar for setting up inside. Renovated the space for building ukuleles and vintage toys. Super impressed by your enthusiasm and love for your craft and your new workshop. Awesome !

[@jeremygardner3193]

Love this shop setup. Moved into a new house 6 months ago and have been looking for luthiery shop ideas. Keep doing what you do!

[@sbolfing]

Whenever I get the opportunity to tour a workshop, I always enjoy it. This was the most enjoyable tour I've seen! Very well laid out, looks like a wonderful place to get lost in your craft! PS: love the line "that's just the princess I am!"

[@carlcann9119]

I have taken your advise to clean up the morning after. It allows for a more thorough job, and gives me time to get in mind everything I will be up to. Thanks for this Daisy.

[@superbear617]

Well, it is a lovely space; I wish I had space for a workbench like yours! One thought: you are working many hours on a concrete floor. For your long-term health, you might consider installing cushioned pads, interlocking garage floor tiles, etc.

[@williamdussault991]

"Everything Lie Nielson" So true. Those are my babies . Sharpen easily and cut like a dream

[@Birkguitars]

I have been establishing my workshop over the last six months and am just about ready to start making things. I was assessed as autistic last year and one manifestation of my version of autism is the necessity of workflow. My trite explanation is that if it doesn't flow then it doesn't work. I have to feel comfortable in the space before I can use it. It seems that you have managed to achieve that in your space which is great to see. You have also inspired me to go and buy industrial quantities of googly eyes. It is definitely something that is currently missing from my environment.

[@robertkerby2581]

You have an amazingly functional and proper Workshop! Thank you for sharing your world! Well done!

[@TheEpeli89]

Hi Daisy! I don't have any experience about Makita routers but I do trust in my handheld DeWalt D26204K and CMT7E (in my router table) routers. I used to work with Dewalt in school of luthiery, so if it lasts in student use, it'll last in professional use IMO. Greetings from another luthier from Finland! 😉

[@nebeljc1]

You could talk about 16th century novels, world wide balloon shortages or anything someone might consider mundane, and I would definitely listen to every word. Super awesome shop. You should definitely be very proud. Stay focused and keep up the great work. 👍

[@fladder1]

Lovely tour, and awesome that Xyla visited! 1 piece of well meant advice and 1 suggestion; The advice: if a tool is not pleasant to work with, either replace it with something that is or get rid of it. Because it will end up gathering dust. While a tool that does spark joy will invite you to use it more often. The suggestion (inspired by my ocd and other makers) don't throw the same kind of tools (i.e sandpaper of different grits, and allen keys) in one big bin/drawer/basket. Make some nice holders to sort things. In the end it will look better and save you loads of time searching and making a mess.

[@tetedur377]

Seconded on the decluttering, as well as Xyla. She is da bomb! She definitely makes engineering seem approachable. Been following her since just before she moved to California.

[@johnkeykey8]

Fantastic workshop and a delightful tour i think you have it very well laid out as you have space to move around and for me you arent seeing other machinery out of the corner of your eyes much so no distractions. I wouldnt change anything, even your boss siting up top keeping an eye on you is located in the right place. Keep up the fantastic work and I look forward to seeing much more ❤

[@MurraydeLues]

Excellent walk through. Having cut vast quantities of Western Red Cedar with CNC, I found that cedar has a lot of silica in it and is very hard on tool edges. Use downcut bits to leave a clean surface finish. Keep feed speeds up there. Running too lower feed speed and high revs results in rubbing instead of removing material. This heats up the tool and is not good. Also try not to recut chips. A good extraction is very important. Definitely going to watch more videos. From an retired old fart it is a pleasure to see young people that respect hand tools.

[@billsandrelli957]

Thank you for the insight into your shop. It is great to see where your works of art are created.

[@colinbagshaw1796]

Brilliant workshop, tip from my late grandfather on storing planes - put a little batten on the shelf so the blade is not touching the shelf. From me don’t store a digital calliper on a mag strip coz that’s how they work and over time you will wipe the scale. I predominantly work in metal and ended up binning all my mag strips as they magnetise everything on them causing them to pick up swarf and small components, very irritating 👍

[@DESBERRY]

What a great workshop visit! Very impressed with the order, sense of calm and cleanliness. The only dust being on the compressor. Thank you, much appreciated.

[@travistalkington9297]

Awesome looking shop. The only thing I’d add is a a shop air filter for when you’re sanding. So many woodworkers have had to retire because they breathed in that super fine dust that you can’t see for so many years. Any power tool will make super fine dust, routers, sanders drills can ect….

[@andrewpinson1268]

You get to join the other almost 900 shop tours that I have downloaded for my dream shop build. Nice shop. Love the LN planes and am jealous of the one LN handed to you. I like getting outside the box of my normal woodworking types. You can always enjoy and pick up good ideas. A good WW tour always gets a subscription from me. Haven't seen you before - now I will.

[@finctank]

A woodworker who hasn’t heard of Daisy? You’re in for a lot of great videos!

[@DaisyTempest]

You’re too kind! Thanks for the lovely comments both!

[@andrewpinson1268]

@@finctank I hope so. I have only looked at the one so far. I will get to them though. I have many woodworkers outside of the US that I follow. A good number of them use hand tools and have quality work to show. All that i like.

[@williamSmith-fv5hi]

Very nice shop, to-be-sure. I am a general type of woodworker making many different things. I have been building out my current basement workshop for 24 years and will continue to do so. Watching in Mechanicsville Virginia USA

[@j.t.2722]

Thoroughly enjoying this look at your creative work space. It lets me see where and how you create your art. I hope that you will never stop the creativity and passion of your work.

[@metdukhphom9064]

For the first time here. I'm not gonna lie, for your accent sake and as a wood enthusiast + who is so much into finding some good English line whenever I display my builds and with a hope that your channel should provide some solution to that, you earn my subscription. Congratulation on your new work shop and everything there, they're looking stunning.

[@dan725]

I follow so many makers, and my favorite videos are shop tours! It gives me ideas to make my own shop better :) I love how you have stickers from all my favorites haha!

[@Mike-rw2nh]

In the weird and sometimes disturbing algorithm that is KZbin land, this upload is balm for my befuddled bonce. Thank you so much. 👍

[@sapelesteve]

Very nice workshop set up Daisy. Looking forward to watching another guitar build. Stay young and keep making guitars! 👍👍💖💖

[@weirdoku]

absolute dream to have a workshop like that

[@rocknroller912]

I noticed you mentioned your drum sander extraction is not great. Might be cause the pipe has a down bend in it after it leaves the machine. Might be creating a back flow turbulence. A smooth up curve could work better.

[@timpanda3780]

This was a great tour around your workshop Daisy. Your enthusiasm for most of your acquisitions came across so well along with, inevitably, a few grumbles cos ‘stuff’ ain’t always perfect.

[@MiniShowProductions]

great little shop spent a small fortune by the looks of it but 100% worth it to sustain your passion and career its my dream and plan to have a little shop like that once a retire thanks for sharing

[@nzs316]

I'm impressed at how committed she is to her trade. Best regards from Canada.

[@elrey8876]

*GREAT SPACE.* I'm interested in your take on the intersection between what you do, your workshop, and life. With woodwork, sometimes I want to work in the small hours of the night, or I'm inspired and pull a really long day - and just want to tumble straight into bed. So having a workshop at home works for me. Sometimes I think about putting a cot in the workshop so I can have a catnap in there. Haha!

[@LarsFL]

This was such a fun video! I really love seeing how people organize their workshop, you can tell a lot about someone by their organisation, and it's cool to see what works best for a luthier

[@ricashita1]

What a wonderful creation space! Congratulations!

[@theodorehowe2262]

Wishing you all the best with your shop.❤❤❤

[@nutsmcflurry3737]

Might add a couple three sand bags to the router base to cure the wobbles. And plastic bags on your buffing wheels to stop contamination of stray grit.

[@billschmitzer9159]

Thanks Daisy for the shop tour. I know from experience it takes time to evaluate your work area and what works best. As you get more experience and build more guitar you’ll see the need to make changes, to upgrade tools, etc. I try to buy quality tools but that doesn’t mean they have to be the most expensive. I find when I need to upgrade tools or equipment it’s mainly for accuracy, and that accuracy is usually in a quality built tool. Hand in there young lady, continue to produce beautiful quality guitars and in time your work will be sought out.

[@onlyfromadistance7326]

You do such great work and have accomplished so much. Your family must be so very proud of you! Thank you for your wonderful videos too!!!

[@sapoverde65]

Your shop is fantastic,so organized. Love your commentary.😊

[@lessismore74]

I love the slo-mo jazz fan scene upended by the talk of sweaty arm pits 😂👏

[@jsimes1]

Oh my god I would kill for such a tidy and organized workshop like yours! I started to build an acoustic guitar around 18 year ago in my tiny mess of a workshop ... I'll finish it someday! 😅

[@ericwilliams538]

A workshop is essential for any type of wood worker.

[@landraven0404]

Very nice video, cool workshop! Can barely wait for the oldoak build 😀

[@MetalMachineShop]

Now I know that sandpaper cleaner exists! Great to see the workshop.

[@rickchichester9327]

Always awesome to see what your up to

[@sporranheid]

Need to go rest my cheeks. Smiled all the way through.

[@jimmiller2270]

What a fantastic workshop. Thank you for the video.

[@HeathFoley]

Your shop is fantastic, thanks for the tour Daisy.

[@TheOldBlackCrow]

Definitely worth building the router into the table saw. It's there without being there. Keep on keepin' on!

[@danandratis]

Great shop set-up, quality tools, thanks for sharing - Cheers from Canada

[@runemeijer7509]

1:53 Slidy Miter Boys- would make a good band name. Love the workshop space!

[@DVSNTHERE]

You've given me ideas about my garage. Thank you

[@Bearclaws1234]

Well organized, thank you for sharing!

[@doofusmaguilacutee4998]

Hello Daisy. You have a fantastic workshop. I'm envious! That being said. I hope you'll accept some advice. I noticed your shelf with the battery charger & the green light on indicating that the battery is fully charged. You should not leave the batteries in the charger after full charge for any period of time. I'm a General Contractor on the Central Coast of California with over 30 years of experience. I recently had a customer who had a row of battery chargers lined up on a workbench against a wall in his garage. He would leave the batteries he wasn't using that day in the chargers all the time. One day he went to work, and came home after work to find his garage on fire as a battery overheated & caught fire. The fire "lapped" up the wall to the ceiling and over to the attic ladder (which was wood) & burned through allowing the fire into the attic space. Luckily a neighbor called & the fire dept put fire out before the house burned to the ground.

[@Creative-Laminated-Woodturning]

Great video on your workshop Daisy, I must do one myself sometime. I am a woodturner and love my machines as well. keep up the good work.

[@jeffhughes6167]

Great tour of your shop, I need to get a ( can’t cope ) sticker. Thanks for sharing this channel with us.

[@edheide7229]

A very good and thorough tour. Thank you.

[@randybrown7023]

Impressive! I like how you love what you do and it really shows in your finished product. I also enjoy watching your videos because you look exactly like my daughter.

[@surlycanadian]

Love your shop. You’ve got two of the most expensive tool stands I’ve ever seen. Just two full-on woodworking workbenches lol

[@Tom_Swift]

Cool shop, from my perspective it looks like you have a lot of free space just from seeing the way you organize things. I'm sure as you grow you will optimize things and make it better suit your workflow. Have fun!

[@andrewsmith3121]

When I saw the eyes you put on your belt sander, I couldn't help but say, "Hello Chewy, looks like you are having a great day!" So, no matter what you decide to name it, I will be calling him Chewy 😉 😊

[@famousaimless2]

Seriously, I’ve lost sleep over my shop area. Space is at a premium and I have just a few too many things that have to fit in it. I recently made some drastic changes and added power outlets to increase flexibility in arranging things, and removed a bunch of junk that really wasn’t necessary. I’m a bit jealous of your space there, you’re really making good use of it!

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

Hold on!! 35 minutes??!! Okay! Here we GO!!

[@AusWorkshop]

Great video, thanks for making. Your shop is a lot more tidy and organised than mine that’s for sure. Be interesting to see how yours evolves. Especially love the use of the word ‘apparently’ that’s where I keep my shoes etc. 😂

[@pingu99991]

A good wingnut set with the usual sizes is a great investment for when you run into annoying bolts that you need to use too often on products like that "fold away" router table 😅

[@BlackHoleForge]

My problem with my workspace, is that I am constantly learning so much, that I have to set up new areas for new tasks. So for me the biggest helpful tip would be to make the sections modular. Be able to pack up a small 4 ft section at a time, and put things into project tool boxes. I mean I enjoy soldering electronics, but I don't need them out all the time, so I pack it up and replace it with something else say like my Dremel. But I must say I am very envious of the space that you have created.

[@stnwrd]

Great setup there Daisy Thanks for the tour and keep doing what you do best!!!!!!! :)

[@PeterKNoone]

You are inspiring me to attempt to make an acoustic guitar. Bonus points since I'll get to buy tools! Nice shop. Love that you use hand tools as your preference. Right there with you. Great video as always. Thank you.

[@benspinks342]

Fabulous workshop!

[@cmdrerniepaul]

Thank you for the tour! Giving me lots of ideas for my little "shop" (the corner of the dining room!)

[@DC9V]

This made me want to clean up my shop, thank you!

[@stuff6218]

33:26 I was absolutely expecting "and finally I'm going to talk about the most important tool in my shop - My French Press." haha. Certainly the most important in my shop...

[@short6691]

Very nice tour, many thanks! Two essentials I did not see. A particulate detector, an air purifier. I also work on an interior shop. And sadly it has marginal ventilation. I have an oversized air purifier that helps enormously with dust control. And the particulate detector lets me know if dust levels require masking. Perhaps the ventilation in your shop makes this less important than in mine, however I highly recommend measuring particulate to make informed masking decisions.

[@VoyeurGuitars]

Mostly I love that you have all these tools sitting on super nice work benches, using them as a table, and I’m over here on my crappy Harbor Freight work bench looking like 😒 Fun shop tour. 😉😁

[@stonehenge313]

Great tour, love the modelling bit - nearly lost my tea! - I have seen the bits and bobs when you moved and this tour does really give a better picture. I can definitely see how it could take a while to position things for a better work flow, especially when you have introduced something new. As a fine crafter, I am sure that should provide you with a way to ease the days as you build things.

[@mark.guitar]

Festool routers are worth the money. Love the tour. I have an extremely similar set of tools but, unfortunately, a much smaller workshop.

[@weiner19]

Your channel is new to me and I must say I like your process. A thought about your drum sander extraction issues. Can you get them closer together? A shorter hose should increase draw. Cleaning the filter in your extracter pre drum sanding should yield a better result. A more costly mod might be to increase the hose diameter from the extracter to the sander(not sure if thats doable budgetwise).I'm not a luthier but I am a player with lots of modding experience. Also 18 years in a woodworking environment. Cheers from Canada!

[@jaimesilvaf.401]

Such a lovely room you've got there.👏👏 nice workshop dear.

[@manythingslefttobuild]

Great shop tour video!

[@RevGerryRM]

Awesome shop, beautiful lady 😊

[@user-ru9js5bf1w]

Great little space! Really well laid out, a place for everything and everything in it's place! Great things are done here, keep up the good work and thanks for the tour! xXx ❤

[@millebrasco]

ohh my lord, dude that's some sick workshop! Wow congrats on that!

[@peterpritchard4465]

You've inspired me to sort out our workshop. It's all there but there's so much clutter in there!!

[@yonitznkc]

I’m a sandpaper saver too. My spindle sander is monster useful. I do envy your extraction systems, though I’ve windows/fans. I went with slatwall but cleats are nifty! Personally, as with clamps, one can also never’ave enough magnetic tool strips! My fav’ hand tool is a very old Craftsman brand awl circa 1980.

[@M0nsieurX]

Damn I learned the different between rules and rulers! Loveloy tools!

[@sugatooth]

Shop tours are the best!

[@chuckclark9464]

👍👍👍👍👍 very good video you were asking about a router. I use a Dewalt for my workshop. Never had a problem with it. I am 62. I should say I can’t say never had a problem with it. I’ve owned too in my life and I’ve had a wooden workshop for many many many many many years, it’s just an idea. You might want to try one so my opinion other people bought other opinions. Have a nice day. Stay healthy. Stay happy.

[@Spills51]

I loved the shop tour cause i'm from the US and its interesting hearing the name differences in some of the tools....I started laughing when what we call adjustable wrenches you called span(n)ers.... Im gonna mess with everyone and find reasons to have someone grab it for me and then yell at them and act like they are crazy for not knowing what a SPANER IS 😜😜

[@marcdebroin6700]

Thank you for sharing. What a nice ateler.

[@Poopdar]

Love a shop tour filled with specialist tools I'm not familiar with.