I hope I'm not out of line here, but if you're in Los Angeles, check out Offerman Wood Shop. I'm from Alabama, and have no affiliation with them whatsoever. I've just read the books that the owner of the shop has written. I'm unsure of their abilities to help fellow woodworkers in these situations, but if they can't help, they definitely know who to send you to to help. The shop foreman knows of a few places in the area for fellow woodworkers to have a shop to use when they don't have access to them in the big city. Only reason I know this is simply because it was in the book haha.