these frets are made from baling wire that was made into staples and the inserted into pre drilled hole,, I did this almost thirty years ago
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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.
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..
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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