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My $5.00 fret bender

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warpedbored

Post subject: My $5.00 fret bender

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:17 pm

Mahogany

Joined: Mon May 23, 2011 1:32 pm
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First name: Carl
City: Portland
State: OR
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

With some nuts and bolts from my neighborhood hardware store, some scrap angle aluminum laying around my shop for years, an old UHMW cutting board and a couple of bearings from a wheel I built this fret bender. The left bearing is in an elongated slot to allow adjustments for a different radius. It was kind of a pain to zero in on a 16 inch radius but since that is the only one I'll be using it will be fine.

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Bobc

Post subject: Re: My $5.00 fret bender

Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:27 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

Joined: Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:42 pm
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Location: Buffalo, NY
First name: Robert
Last Name: Cefalu
City: Buffalo
State: NY
Zip/Postal Code: 14217
Country: US

I like it. [:Y:]

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RogerC108

Post subject: Re: My $5.00 fret bender

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:42 am

Cocobolo

Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:40 pm
Posts: 455
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
First name: Roger
State: Oklahoma
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Nice. I just finished making this one. It was a little more expensive though. I paid $12.50 in parts :lol:

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Alex Kleon

Post subject: Re: My $5.00 fret bender

Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 8:53 am

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Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:32 pm
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First name: Alex
Last Name: Kleon
City: Whitby
State: Ontario
Zip/Postal Code: L1N8X2
Country: Canada
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Nice stuff, Roger! Gotta make one for sure! [:Y:]

Who does the backing track?

Alex

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Dom Regan

Post subject: Re: My $5.00 fret bender

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 2:18 pm

Mahogany

Joined: Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:24 pm
Posts: 46
First name: Dominic
Last Name: Regan
City: Canberra
Country: Australia

Ahhh, Lacuna Coil. Cristina Scabbia is the sexiest woman in metal. Love this band.

Nice jig btw.
Cheers
Dom

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RogerC108

Post subject: Re: My $5.00 fret bender

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 3:06 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:40 pm
Posts: 455
Location: Stillwater, Oklahoma
First name: Roger
State: Oklahoma
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Alex Kleon wrote:

Nice stuff, Roger! Gotta make one for sure! [:Y:]

Who does the backing track?

Alex

Thanks. That wasn't my vid though. It's the vid that I used to get directions on how to build my own.

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PaulK

Post subject: Re: My $5.00 fret bender

Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 5:38 pm

Mahogany

Joined: Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:23 am
Posts: 67
Location: Canada
City: Wheatley
State: Ontario
Country: Canada

Actually that backing track is Еvаnеscеnsе - Everybody's Fool

Paul

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