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Comment by Allan on May 15, 2011 at 9:00pm

No it was just pre-drilled holes they were just slightingly smaller than the wire diameter ,,

the fret board is 3.5 mm and the holes were drilled between 2 & 3mm along the fret location.

My memory is not what it was bet it seems that staple end was maybe an 1/8 inch long  there is actually no strain on them at all  as all they are doing is holding the wire fret in place.

 

I think  as i made it 4/6/82  that was a day or two ago..  the only reason I remember is i wrote it down on the inside.  lol  the system does work very good.. sadly I can not buy baling wire over here.

Allan

 

Comment by Diane in Chicago on May 15, 2011 at 3:36am

Hi, Alan!  Just found this photo!  Did you carve a shallow trench to set the wire into, or just the holes?

Comment by Allan on November 22, 2009 at 8:30pm

It is just two small holes drilled along the fret placement line and then a wire staple made to fit across the line. the Man that made the kit was a researcher for a museum project and he found that it was created that way in the southern part of the Appalachians if my memory is right..