He has seven students in his workshop, running in age from Lin Ch'ien, 85, and Shih Chin-i, who has studied with him for nearly 20 years, to Yang Chih-lung, who is 15 and is just starting out.
目前李松林有他的工作室「松林居」，內有七人和他學藝，有和他工作了一輩子，現年八十五歲的老夥伴林謙；有跟他學藝近廿年的施進益等人；還有一位才開始學藝的小徒弟楊志隆。學習木雕需要極大耐性，三年出師往往不過懂得皮毛，半途而廢是常事。