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Cheap fret boards and short diddleys

Posted by Uncle John on November 10, 2016 at 10:25am
Bundle of 50 lathes around $6.00 U.S. Likely could make 100 fret boards. These sanded down easily and nicely. Good for fretless. Likely too soft a wood for fretted. The yellow baby is going to a grand niece. The other two will likely be gifted as well. Fun, quick and sloppy builds. Fun sturf.
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  • Uncle John November 12, 2016 at 5:57pm

    PPS, the slotted screw nut and saddle works fine and speeds the process. 

  • Uncle John November 12, 2016 at 5:56pm

    PS, Alan.   These are quick, easy, cheap and fun to gift or sell super cheap.  

  • Uncle John November 12, 2016 at 5:55pm

    I just kind of use smaller boxes and 'eyeball' the scale.    I think 'lathe wood'  can be varied woods.   This is soft and has few knots.   Pine?  

  • AGP # November 12, 2016 at 4:33pm

    "Yessssss", cheap fretboards, what sort of timber?, also a nice selection of "Dwarf Didlley's", have yet to build a "Shorty Diddly", thinking of one around 16 inch scale???

  • Uncle John November 11, 2016 at 8:35am

    Thanks, Wes.  I know you enjoy gifting too.

  • Uncle John November 10, 2016 at 6:37pm

    Fun little gits.  Thanks, Bjorn.   As the photo shows, pretty nice here.  Sunny and about 60 F or 15 C.

  • Bjorn Damsgaard November 10, 2016 at 5:55pm

    Simpbeautilyfull and Nice.

  • Uncle John November 10, 2016 at 5:09pm

    Yup, Kieth and Erasmo.   I've torn into  a few old lathe walls to redo them.  Dirty work!  

    A bundle of lathes is just handy to have around.  Tomato plant steaks, crap, a little of this and that.

  • Keith Rearick November 10, 2016 at 5:07pm

    In the old days, prior to gypsum/plaster board, they would nail strips of wood to the walls and apply plaster over it.

  • Uncle John November 10, 2016 at 1:33pm

    Better yet, Jerry.

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