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Author:  Edward Taylor [ Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Fretboard/bridge dimensions
I have a beautiful piece of Macassar ebony I am resawing (for fretboards and bridges), and am trying to get the very most of of it. So I would like to ask what your maximum dimensions are for a couple of things, for electric and steel string guitars, no basses or anything else. The more data points the better, so I can get an idea of the smallest I can cut these pieces.
-Nut width
-Saddle width
-fretboard thickness (finished)
-bridge width (the smaller dimension of the two, eg. 1.5")

Thanks!
Author:  TonyKarol [ Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:50 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretboard/bridge dimensions
Hi Ed,

Fbs ... electrics - 2.25 widest, 1 11/16 nut, 1/4 thick, you can go to 3/16 though
acoustcis .. 2.35 - 2.4 wide, 1/3/4 to 1 7/8 nut, same on thickness, I prefer 1/4.

bridges - belly style, 6 to 7 inches long, 1.5 deep, 0.4 thick
rectangular style - 6-6.5 long, 1 - 1.25 deep, 0.4 thick

my advice on resawing stuff is to make things thicker and be on the safe side of useful. No sense cutting the board and finding out you have 4 useless pieces instead of 3 good ones.
Author:  Mark Groza [ Tue Oct 12, 2010 7:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretboard/bridge dimensions
Hi Ed, When resawing i always add 1/16" more material than i'm going to use to get the saw marks out with final sanding. So my steel string bridges and fretboards are 5/16" thick to start after resawing. I generally make my fretboards 1/8" wider than what the finished product will be. That give me a little to play with leveling the dot markers and frets along with the board.
Author:  Edward Taylor [ Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretboard/bridge dimensions
Yeah, generally I resaw a good amount larger than what I need, but this stuff was expensive so I really wanna get the most out of it I can. The board is just wide enough so that if I actually resaw the fretboards already with a taper, I can get a matching bridge blank for every fretboard off the tapered end.

Thanks guys.
Author:  Mark Groza [ Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretboard/bridge dimensions
Just wondering what you are going with on the headplate when useing coco for the bridge and fretboard?
Author:  Edward Taylor [ Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretboard/bridge dimensions
All done. Did not have to taper the fretboards afterall, but they are just big enough, as well as the bridges. Total of 7 Fretboards, 6 bridges, 5 headplates, 5 end grafts, 20+ pieces of binding and a chunk to make tuner buttons out of. The only waste out of this board is in the bottom of the DC. :)

I was planning on getting a lenox carbide blade for resawing back and sides, but my tuff tooth little ripper bi-metal blade did such a nice job, even when resawing the full width at 1/8" for headplates, that I am tempted not to.

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Mark, not sure why you mentioned coco?
Author:  Mark Groza [ Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fretboard/bridge dimensions
Edward Taylor wrote:
All done. Did not have to taper the fretboards afterall, but they are just big enough, as well as the bridges. Total of 7 Fretboards, 6 bridges, 5 headplates, 5 end grafts, 20+ pieces of binding and a chunk to make tuner buttons out of. The only waste out of this board is in the bottom of the DC. :)

I was planning on getting a lenox carbide blade for resawing back and sides, but my tuff tooth little ripper bi-metal blade did such a nice job, even when resawing the full width at 1/8" for headplates, that I am tempted not to.

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Mark, not sure why you mentioned coco?

Sorry, my mistake. I thought you were resawing coco. I see you are useing the same wood for headplates, that's cool. [:Y:]
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