Fretwire straightener

I've been meaning to make one of these for ages to adjust the curve on our frewire. It comes in 5kg coils and has a fair amount of curve on it, and whilst I like this as it helps keep the fret ends down when driving it into the slots, sometimes for things like re-fretting vintage guitars I prefer the fretwire to be pretty much straight.So, with some scrap plywood, a few spare bearings and an adjuster off an old drawing board, here it is. I simply run the wire thru the rollers, crank down the adjuster a wee bit and feed the wire thru'. I was intending to put a crank on it, but it really doesn't need it, and I can feel exactly whats happening as a feed the wire thru'.
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  • I'll try to do something like that with another adjusting system, very smart idea you have developed.
    Thanks!

  • Great job on that!!

  • xcelent.,.,great job.,.,

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