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Comment by Don K on February 22, 2011 at 5:05am

Thanx a lot for sharing this brilliant idea !

Comment by tring on February 22, 2011 at 4:51am

Jon, found my torch cleaner, thanks for the idea... i'm adding some photos of the gigs we spoke of, let me know if you have questions.

also added some links with details on the bender, and a fret calculator.

-tr

Comment by tring on February 21, 2011 at 2:21pm

i'll photo them up tomorrow and get them off to you... easy and cheap..! I haven't tried inlayed markers yet, found an interesting shell at the beach mother of pearl "like", one day i'll mess around with it. Good luck with yours.

my projects documented here...http://web.me.com/tom.ring/CigarBox

if ya like.

-tr

Comment by Jon Pruett on February 20, 2011 at 3:03pm

Thanks guys! 

Tom - I am working on my first radiused fret board with inlayed markers right now - just glued it to the neck today. I'm definitely intersted in the jigs you've made and seeing what you've done. I'm using pre-curved fret wire from CB-Gitty for this build, but I certainly don't want to keep paying Stew-Mac prices for fretboard sanding blocks. :)

Comment by tring on February 20, 2011 at 1:14pm

Jon this is a brilliant solution,  ...i found a set of tiny hobby files for 3$, good deal, but they still cut too wide, i actually have one of these packed away, i'll dig it out. thanks.

your work is awesome, i need to post some of mine here, been so busy i have been neglecting the nation too long.

Do you radius your fret boards? i made a couple gigs to bend the wire, and curve the fretboard if you are interested...

 

Comment by Uncle John on February 18, 2011 at 2:24am

Great idea and beautiful peg head.

Comment by Michael A Grubaugh on February 17, 2011 at 11:49pm

I wish I would have known this a few Months ago I just paid good money out to stewmac for a complete set.....darn.