Just a simple fret press setup made from scrape in the shop. 1/2" threaded rod with the end filed to shape. The white fret caul is a piece of 1/4" HDPE plastic from an old cutting board that rides in the channel on each side. This one is flat but I will also make a few with radius bottoms for radius fretboards. Still needs a handle but a wrench works well too.
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Southern Ray ......... I made a few mods to it since I posted these pics. I added a metal plate over the nuts just to reinforce them so they won't push out over time and made a heavier angle plate to connect the threaded rod. I will post some pics of it so you can see what I did ;-)
A lot of people modify arbor presses for this or use their drill press. But you really don't need that much pressure to set a fret into wood. And if you are gluing your frets you can keep pressure on it with this and not have to hold it down ;-)
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