Shopping list

This weekend I will try to find some time to do the first shopping for tools and materials. Since I'm going to a local hardware store, and not a shop specialised in instrument building, I expect to be able to get the following:

• workbench (small DIY version, not a lot of space at home)
• router and some necessary bits
• modeling resin (which I intend tot use for fret inlays)
• soldering iron (and tin and degreaser)
• graphite (to lube the strings of the new guitar as well as the one mentioned earlier)
• contact cleaner spray (nothing to do with the new guitar, but will need it to get the pots on my amp working again)
• a board of 18mm MDF. Although the choice for the ESP type explorer had the welcome extra benefit that my colleague's router WILL actually be able to route it (yay, I'll be less vulnerable to my own sloppiness), we will first try to route another prototype, this time full scale (x and y dimensions, not z).
• maybe some low grade pratice wood

After the weekend I'll get back with what I've been actually able to find/buy!