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WendyW
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David, I think I would have to do a lot of practicing before feeling confident enough to crank the height adjustment while the fingerboard is moving through the thickness sander, but I am curious and may play around with it this weekend. I've got the Performax 16-32, which is basically an earlier version of what you have. Just curious, what is your typical taper from nut to 12th fret?
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David LaPlante wrote:

... I put the basic taper in my fretboard by running it through my 16-32 Jet sander and cranking down the height adjustment steadily as it goes through ...


Thank you for this idea! The speed of the belt is constant and I know the height adjustment for each 1/8 revolution. It would not take very much practice to be able to consistently turn the crank the correct amount within the time it takes the fret board to pass.

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Wendy,
My boards typically are about 6.5mm at the nut to 4.5 or so at the 19th, thus around 5.5-5 at the 12th.
This is one of the variables that I can control to adjust for the desired action height and to keep the general construction (top dome, bridge height etc.) constant.

John, remember that this is done incrementally!
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