Hello. Im new to cbg building and had question about cutting fret boards. I was wandering if anyone has used the table saw blade used for cutting the fret slots. And if so how do you like it,and would you recommend it. I have a pull saw now with blocks clamped to the side as a depth guide.

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Stew Mac has various solutions for cutting fret slots including a table saw. http://www.stewmac.com/SiteSearch/?search=fret%20slots

I do what you do, except I use a tri miter square instead of blocks. I lay out the fret lines on the computer, and print that out and glue it on the board, then cut through the paper on the lines, using the square as a saw guide to keep it accurate.

I personally wouldn't use a table saw unless I was doing mass production.

I use a table saw, but only because I make large numbers of fretboards (20-50 at a time). You'll need a template and a special narrow kerf blade. It's almost as quick to do it by hand with the proper saw and a mitrebox. A good template helps accuracy and repeatability - here's my set-up for slotting fretboards by hand.

Like CBJ, I make 30ish fretboards at a time, so the investment in a stewmac blade and template made sense.

Before that I used a thin kerf saw and a homemade miter box... which I still use for odd scale lengths (bass, mostly)

here is a little video I made with a lot of hints of building.Fret cutting is in there. Trust me, I have made all the mistakes.

https://youtu.be/A3B-REk0aJU

I made my own fret marker .

I bought a CB Gitty paper fret marker,I used that on a piece of wood,mark all the frets 25.5",24.5" and 24" inc the fret dots up to the 12th frets.then I cut a small grove in the wood and thats my fret marker.as for dressing frets.. I now put fret wire on 1st before I attach it to the neck. by doing this I can dress the edges on my belt sander,this save all the faffing about with a file. no rough or sharp edges.(I rub over with a 120 wet/dry paper on the edges.) anyway this has work for me.

Hi, here's my set up for cutting standard scale fret slots. Its dedicated to the task and ready to go in seconds. For special scale lengths I use the method I posted a while back.

Cheers Taff

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