2 pulls each size, to get from .022 to .028. I ground the cutting crescent with a Dremel drum sander.
Obviously canted more towards repair than building, as that is my bent...
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| Author: | Jeffrey L. Suits [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fret slot cleaner-outer, maker-wider (more for repair) |
2 pulls each size, to get from .022 to .028. I ground the cutting crescent with a Dremel drum sander. Obviously canted more towards repair than building, as that is my bent...
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| Author: | WaddyThomson [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 4:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret slot cleaner-outer, maker-wider (more for repair) |
I assume that's the technical term! 
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| Author: | Jeffrey L. Suits [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret slot cleaner-outer, maker-wider (more for repair) |
WaddyThomson wrote: I assume that's the technical term! Press 1, for English...one should not post, pre-coffee, one is also pre-verbal. |
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| Author: | Brad T [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret slot cleaner-outer, maker-wider (more for repair) |
Neat tool! I need one of those right now for the D-35 I'm working on. |
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| Author: | Jeffrey L. Suits [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Neat tool! |
Those are feeler gauges, with the ends ground flat, and the cutting edges ground w/ the dremel drum sander. I've ground them up to .035 on my set. For the minimal amount of time I spent cobbling them up, I get great bang for the buck, or, I suppose, scrape for the second. For my taste, beats hell out of messing around with the fret tang, though I've done plenty o' that, too. The refret I did last night, the wire just laid right down, wicked superglue in (pipette w/narrowed tip), wiped w/ acetone, hit w/kicker from another pipette. Not to be confused with "nutfiles" made from feeler gauges...see Hesh's post about the REAL real nutfiles! |
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| Author: | Joe Sustaire [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret slot cleaner-outer, maker-wider (more for repair) |
Great idea Jeff! Thanks for sharing, Joe |
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| Author: | mikebrittain [ Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fret slot cleaner-outer, maker-wider (more for repair) |
I got hooked on a powercrafter for cleaning slots and other small details. It's a great tool. http://www.sculptingstudio.com/index.ph ... gory_id=18 Mike Brittain |
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