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| Author: | radsboy [ Thu May 07, 2009 7:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | LMI fretwire: Is the curved piece cut to good useable radii? |
I have 3 pieces of LMI fretwire which arrived in the box curved. Interestingly, when I lay them end to end on the floor they make a close to perfect circle of a little better than 10" radius. Is this a good curve to work from when I cut the pieces, or should I try to bend more (or less)? -David |
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| Author: | Josh H [ Thu May 07, 2009 7:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LMI fretwire: Is the curved piece cut to good useable radii? |
I use the LMI wire as I receive it and it works fine. My fretboards are a 16 radius. I press frets up to the 10th and hammer in the rest. You should be fine to use it as is. Josh |
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| Author: | Hesh [ Thu May 07, 2009 7:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LMI fretwire: Is the curved piece cut to good useable radii? |
Yeah I agree with our friend Josh and although I don't know what LMI's radius for their fret wire is I like to radius my fret wire to a slightly smaller radius than the radius of the board. When hammering I tap in the ends first which is why the tighter radius of the wire is helpful, at least to me. |
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| Author: | radsboy [ Thu May 07, 2009 9:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LMI fretwire: Is the curved piece cut to good useable radii? |
Thanks - |
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| Author: | John How [ Thu May 07, 2009 9:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LMI fretwire: Is the curved piece cut to good useable radii? |
I buy the 100ft rolls that LMI sells and use it just that way, It's about a 10 inch radius or so I'm guessing. |
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| Author: | Barry Daniels [ Fri May 08, 2009 9:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: LMI fretwire: Is the curved piece cut to good useable radii? |
I ALWAYS hold the fretboard up to the fretwire to make sure the wire touches the board at the edges and there is about 1/16" gap at the middle. Anything much more or less that will get re-bent. And, I check individual frets as I cut them because sometimes they need a little touching up on the radius. I may be a little too particular about this. |
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