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Hi Jonno, as 99% of my fret work is on fingerboards of varying radii I have always used the dead blow hammer shown. When frets are being fitted to a radiused fingerboard they are normally pre [over] radiused so they have a high area in the middle. As the fret is tapped in the high spot goes down and the ends of the fret move out slightly as they go down, this drives the barbs in at a better angle and fit. The dead blow hammer works best to achieve a good fret seating. As mentioned above the rubber hammer eliminates bending, so may not easily make the over radiused fret follow the f/board radius.
However, we are talking slide guitars with a flat narrow fingerboard. I just put in two frets in the board shown, one rubber hammer, one fretting hammer, both worked in this situation fine.
So yes rubber hammer will work.
Cheers Taff
re the fretting,many disagree ,but i like curved wire on flat fretboards,if your kerf is correct,the set of the tang of the wire gets a 3 direction grip on the wood and works very well,as Taffy says though some timbers don't grip as well as others,in that case the curved wire can be a bit of a bitch
In my instrument work any task I do has to be reversible, either for me or the next person working on the instrument. To this end to aid in the removal of frets whilst still maintaining a good firm fret/slot fit, I file a very small angle on the top of the fret slot with a small three corner file. I have a special file.
When the fret is pulled out the barbs on the tang do not pull wood fibers/grain up and chip the fingerboard either side of the slot.
I believe that a solid fret job equals a stable neck, necks also contribute to the tone/sustain of the guitar. That's important to me as a CBG builder, because with such a small box/body I want to get as much as I can out of that baby.
Cheers Taff
I have gone through this. I have done creative work of various sorts all my life. My wife doesn't seem to mind me building because it keeps me out of the rv and making messes or spilling something, and yet I am close by to hang out with the dogs. However, I almost got married to another gal, and when I got an exhibition in an art fair for a month I worked until 7 am, woke up at noon, and started again. Then for four days I sat in my booth 12 hours a day. I was close by, but she wasn't happy with me. Now this is a different story, but I have gone through this a lot in my life. Most art forms took me to where I had to work in isolation, such as writing, painting, so I could see how those girls were unhappy, but another story, and they were unhappy with me no matter what. If you are at the kitchen table that means you are home with the family, not elsewhere. Let her complain, don't argue or explain yourself,maybe rub her shoulders a little, and build, build, build, and enjoy the mad creativity that is going to come out of you. It's going to really get those gears going. Congratualtions!
Wait, to be totally accurate Matt my wife is unhappy with the amount of money I am spending. I am going to have to go out in the streets and play some of my guitars to try to get some cash together to cover some of this. I am not one to try and draw attention to myself, and am sort of dreading it, but at least if I look like a fool I'll be in another town. I am sure you are the type of guy who does a lot for the family. I would just say take a little extra time to do something extra nice for your wife and that part will calm down. I am sure you will sell some.
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