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For a minimal woodworking workshop, I would say:

hand drill & basic hand tools
small drill press and accessories
scroll saw or jigsaw or both
belt sander, handheld or benchtop or both
dremel & accessories ( or my little Harbor Freight Grinder )
a big toolbox that you can fill with files, rasps, scrapers, sanders, drill bits, and everything else
vacuum cleaner with a hose ( steal from wife )

None of these need to be expensive - Ryobi, Skil, and Black & Decker will do just fine. Even Harbor Freight, although I have doubts about the longevity of their power tools. The results you get depend a lot more on your skill with the tool than how much you paid for it.

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Sharp Fret Ends

I took this 'Bird down from it's usual place up on the wall to take some measurements, and I noticed that it had grown fangs along the ( otherwise excellent Mighty-Mite ) neck that were not there before. Sharp fret ends is something I see people piss and moan about all the time. It is going to happen. It's not that the frets weren't dressed properly at the factory, the problem is that most guitars are made in warm humid places like China, Mexico, Indonesia, and Tennessee in the summer. Wood swells with moisture. When they are brought to the USA and placed in a dry heated winter house, the wood dries and shrinks a tiny bit, and the fret ends protrude. Everything about fretwork is a matter of thousandths of an inch, even the tiniest discrepancies are obvious. So this is not a defect, it is something that is simply going to happen, and it is easy to fix.

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