Posted by Jon Pruett on February 17, 2011 at 11:16pm
A set of welding torch cleaners make excellent nut slot files. All the right sizes to hit get each slot to match the string width perfectly. And for less than $10 for the set - take that StewMac!
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i'll photo them up tomorrow and get them off to you... easy and cheap..! I haven't tried inlayed markers yet, found an interesting shell at the beach mother of pearl "like", one day i'll mess around with it. Good luck with yours.
Tom - I am working on my first radiused fret board with inlayed markers right now - just glued it to the neck today. I'm definitely intersted in the jigs you've made and seeing what you've done. I'm using pre-curved fret wire from CB-Gitty for this build, but I certainly don't want to keep paying Stew-Mac prices for fretboard sanding blocks. :)
Jon this is a brilliant solution, ...i found a set of tiny hobby files for 3$, good deal, but they still cut too wide, i actually have one of these packed away, i'll dig it out. thanks.
your work is awesome, i need to post some of mine here, been so busy i have been neglecting the nation too long.
Do you radius your fret boards? i made a couple gigs to bend the wire, and curve the fretboard if you are interested...
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Jon, found my torch cleaner, thanks for the idea... i'm adding some photos of the gigs we spoke of, let me know if you have questions.
also added some links with details on the bender, and a fret calculator.
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i'll photo them up tomorrow and get them off to you... easy and cheap..! I haven't tried inlayed markers yet, found an interesting shell at the beach mother of pearl "like", one day i'll mess around with it. Good luck with yours.
my projects documented here...http://web.me.com/tom.ring/CigarBox
if ya like.
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Thanks guys!
Tom - I am working on my first radiused fret board with inlayed markers right now - just glued it to the neck today. I'm definitely intersted in the jigs you've made and seeing what you've done. I'm using pre-curved fret wire from CB-Gitty for this build, but I certainly don't want to keep paying Stew-Mac prices for fretboard sanding blocks. :)
Jon this is a brilliant solution, ...i found a set of tiny hobby files for 3$, good deal, but they still cut too wide, i actually have one of these packed away, i'll dig it out. thanks.
your work is awesome, i need to post some of mine here, been so busy i have been neglecting the nation too long.
Do you radius your fret boards? i made a couple gigs to bend the wire, and curve the fretboard if you are interested...