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Comment by Glenn Reither on April 5, 2012 at 3:47am

Good work Dan. A word of warning to people - your printer will not necessarily print out a scale accurately. It could be quite badly off.  Mine was terrible. There are some scale printer programs that include a calibration to correct for the errors your printer may introduce, but I don't trust them. Didn't do it perfectly. Anyway, I used to make scale templates on a  strip of aluminium but realised I'm going to change scale lengths frequently so now I just use ExMI and measure it out with a ruler.

Comment by Phill Hill Charlie on March 24, 2012 at 3:31am

Very useful vid Dan !...great job...°<[:-) [---]==={

Comment by Tim on March 22, 2012 at 2:42am

Thanks man, that was helpful!

Comment by Fred Railsback on December 21, 2011 at 3:35pm

Your 'minimalist' approach to this process is something I really appreciate.  Your techniques will save me lots of time and improve my accuracy.  Can't ask for mush more than that.  

Thanks and Merry Christmas

Fred

Comment by Mr.C on December 10, 2011 at 1:20pm

I need one of them saws

Comment by Habanera Hal on March 27, 2011 at 1:31pm

Dan,

Thank you for posting this video on fretting a neck.  I  found it very clear and informative, probably the best one out there!  I have a question though.  You were doing this on an unfinished neck.  When you apply your finish, how do you keep it off the frets, or do you apply your finish over the frets after they are in?  I'm sure a lot depends on what type of finish you're applying, like lacquer, varnish, shellac, oil or whatever.  I'm working on a seperate fret board for my current project that will have a tung oil finish.  Would you install the frets before or after oiling it?  Thanks!

Comment by Dan Sleep on February 20, 2011 at 6:02pm

I put a spare piece of carpet on my workbench so the neck doesn't slide around, but yea, you could clamp the neck down if it was sliding around while you were sawing.

Comment by Rand Moore on February 20, 2011 at 5:16pm

My only other tip is to clamp down your work piece to your work bench so you don't have two moving pieces (the saw and the work piece) to contend with.

-Rand.

Comment by Doug Thorsvik on February 16, 2011 at 7:10pm

Dan

Thanks for taking the time to shoot the video. I got a couple of new ideas for fretting based on your technique.

Doug

Comment by Doctor Steve on February 14, 2011 at 11:12am

This is fantastic Dan.  Thanks for sharing.  You showed me about printing the fret calculator strip, I've done that ever since.  Now I can see all your other tricks.

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