Sadie @holton shares

Tools:

small battery-operated Makita router
router bits: 1/4" ball end, square end: 1/4" up and down cut, 3/16", 1/8" 5/8" 1/3" round-over
rabbet cut 1" bit with bearings for for 1/4" & 0.090" cut

3/8" chuck electric drill
1/16 - 3/8" drill set
1/4 - 2-1/2" Forstner bits, HSS and Carbide blades

Lathe tools:
HSS bowl and spindle gouges, hollowing tool, 3/4" oval skew chisel, carbide insert round,
square & diamond tools

fine gauge razor saw (0.010" kerf), 8" back saw, fret-slotting (0.023" kerf) saw (with depth gauge)

Klemmsia cam-action clamps (4@ 4 & 8" throat)

steam box and steam bending iron

go-bar deck, used for fast clamping work - Go-bar Clamping System for Modern Guitar - StewMac

Guitar nut slotting files, 0.010" - 0.056"

humidity controlled wood storage box (40-50% RH year round)

Machine tools:
Bridgeport boring head

Electronics:
Fluke 28ii DMM / multimeter:
1kV rating, μA current, 50 MOhm resistance, High resolution mode, type K thermocouple
mode, backlight display and controls, tl910 (fine point) & tl175e test leads

High resolution rtd thermometer

3 channel picoscope 5444D 200 MHz software oscilloscope w/ signal generator

Materials:
hide glue, several grades for different purposes
glue pot heater for hide glue
off-cuts of spruce, cedar, maple, mahogany, Cocobolo, apple wood
green cherry and ash logs good for turning projects

Skills
precision machine work (work jig boring tolerances on a bridgeport)
TIG, stick, oxy-gas welding, silver brazing
Software engineering and tools - linux, Rpi

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