I am having trouble with fitting frets. My first couple of builds were successful using a hack saw to cut the grove for the frets, but since then I cannot get the correct size 9ended gluing some in place). I purchased a fine blade pull saw but this appears to be too fine. My question is what is the best saw for the job and how do you keep the cut square? Using a mitre block has damaged my pull saw. Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks David
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I made a fret caul out of scrap hardwood. It is cut with a slight taper and to slot the groove I used a needle file, though you could also just wrap a fret in sandpaper and make the groove with that. The hammer is a 14oz claw hammer from the dollar store with a plastic soda bottlecap hot-glued to the face. The homemade slotting box is built from the cutoffs of the aluminum yardsticks I use for fret scales. I often build and use homemade/inexpensive tools, but a .023" kerfed blade ain't one of them.
wouldn,t it be easier to just use the fretsaw with the depthstop in the background sd?
my bad sd missed your point sorry
The saw does work great, but no matter how loud I yell at it, it still won't set the frets for me!
I use the caul to set the frets in the slots without marring the fboard.
i hoped you would let me get away with that 1,lol
Too much coffee today. I am far too ...alert! :- )
i am far from 12.06 am,all cxool
good idea btw sd
It is not marring. It is distress or patina. Or vintage. Or retro-cool, road-worn. Or just sloppy building. But it is NOT marring.
Thanks to all for the advice, I am going to invest in a fret saw can anyone recommend a UK supplier?
Try ToneTech Luthiers supplies. I usually use Touchstone Tonewoods, but they didn't have any last time I looked. ToneTech seem a bit pricey, but I've used them in the past and got no complaints about the stuff I've bought.
Chickenbone John
Thanks for the information, I will give them a try.
Do you sell the blank boxes I have seen used at your work shops, as i am having problems finding suitable boxes.
Regards David
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