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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on July 16, 2014 at 10:28am

Some mistakes are not mistakes

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on July 18, 2014 at 2:12am

Think Fender maple Tele or Strat.  They start with a thicker neck of solid maple and treat the top as the fretboard.  I've done it, like the other way better.  (you can use fancy wood in the fretboad and use "plain" maple in the neck.)

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Permalink Reply by Wichita Sam on July 12, 2014 at 6:26am

fretting the fretboard before installation on the neck seems counter-intuitive.  If either the neck or the freboard has any irregularity,  the completed neck will have frets that may need a lot of dressing.

 

The solution to "not messing up the entire instrument" is don't let the tool slip... seriously, after a few builds, you should be competitent enough those "accidents" become rare.  I just think the end product is a better player when you finish/fret the completed neck.....

 

JMHO.... the best,  Sam

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on July 10, 2014 at 1:29pm

Eric , can you elaborate this process. This sounds good

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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on July 10, 2014 at 7:13pm

everyone is free to experiment with whatever magic potions that take their fancy but John I think in your case you're making things hard for yourself -

it is best to install the frets after the fretboard has been glued on as the force of pressure from the clamps might distort the frets,

smooth the surface of the neck  as well as you can before installing frets then give  two or three of coats of spray lacquer , frets and all, lightly sanding the back of ther neck between each coat.

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Permalink Reply by Jon Leslie/Runaway Veal Music on July 11, 2014 at 9:32am

Thank you for this. Your help is greatly appreciated as well others on this forum.

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Permalink Reply by John Fritz on July 11, 2014 at 12:16pm

Tru-oil is a great way to go!

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Permalink Reply by turtlehead on July 11, 2014 at 2:07pm

Another vote for Tru-Oil if you can get it.  Easy to use and dries so fast.  I've used it on my last couple builds and a few other woodworking projects lately and can't believe it took me this long to find it. 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on July 11, 2014 at 5:45pm

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CxRndnPEDic

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=711780

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on July 12, 2014 at 12:58am

Now isn't that one sweet looking git on the gearpage link!

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Permalink Reply by robert jones on July 12, 2014 at 9:32am

Tru-Oil isn't necessarily that labor intensive, that guy just took it to Pro level!

Oh and, Ron knows damn near everything or where to find it!!!!

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Permalink Reply by gary herget on July 11, 2014 at 4:06pm

Go to www.birchwoodcasey.com to buy Tru-Oil direct. You can buy more for less.

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