My background in machine work has been very useful for making tooling and in actual construction of instruments. For example, I made a fret bender and a caul to press frets in place using the quill of a drill press:
My background in machine work has been very useful for making tooling and in actual construction of instruments. For example, I made a fret bender and a caul to press frets in place using the quill of a drill press: