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Comment by Coventry Halfpenny guitars on July 21, 2014 at 6:14am

   Hi Paul  welcome to the mill

I like 3 mm @ th 12 fret  its good for fingering and slide playing :)

Comment by Paul Graham on July 21, 2014 at 6:07am

Hi, I am new to building and was wondering what is a good action height for a cbg?

Comment by gary sheldon on July 16, 2014 at 10:36am

William,

I really like your idea and I have a diamond (stone) .  I'll try that next time, although the safe file works ok too.

Comment by William McCauley on July 16, 2014 at 10:13am

I have used small diamond sharpening stones to do this.. they are not real expensive at the big box store..

Comment by Clyde Eaker on July 16, 2014 at 10:08am

Thanks for all the tips. I was marring the side of the fret board with my file and still wasn’t happy with the results.  I’ll make a 30 degree file block and I ordered the fret end file.  No easy way around it, gotta work each fret.

Comment by Oscar Myer on July 16, 2014 at 8:18am

This might be a help. http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Files/Fret_End_...

Comment by Suspect Device on July 16, 2014 at 5:37am

That "safe file" method gary describes is the preferred way of dressing the ends. Another way is to mask the fret board around the fret with tape, wrap a piece of 1000g sandpaper around a small, rectangular rubber eraser. Sand any sharp edges and smooth out the bevel too. Lotsa tape required, though. Another useful tool: those foam emery boards sitting next to your wife's nail polish are great for dressing frets and shaping nuts & saddles.

Comment by gary sheldon on July 16, 2014 at 5:19am

Shart fret ends:

Here is what I have found.  I have gotten complaints from people playing my guitars about sharp fret ends.

I talked to an old luthier about it.  He gave me his fix.

After trimming and filing the fret ends and filing the bevel, you take a small file which you have previously sanded one side smooth.   Looking down at the frets, you have to round the corners slightly.  Both corners, both ends.  The smooth face of the file can contact the fretboard without causing any damage.  When you make your stroke, roll the file a little so you also take the sharp edge off the top of the fret.  The file with one smooth edge is called a "safe file".  It takes a bit of practice to get the strokes right.

Comment by MadGomer on July 16, 2014 at 3:22am

To Duck's point, if you have access to a table saw it takes all of ten minutes to make one. Reversing the file and making a few strokes in both directions should take care of those sharp edges.

Comment by Thomas "Duck" Petry on July 16, 2014 at 2:54am

You can always mortgage the house and buy one  http://www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Tools_by_Job/Fretting/Shaping_...  or just copy the design and build your own.

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