Tuesday 25 July 2017

Day 29 - Adding a radius to the fretboard and fitting the frets

I put chalk on the fretboard before sanding so that I would be able to see when the radius is complete and then I sanded the fretboard with a 20-inch-radiused sanding block.



I smoothed the fretboard with finer sandpaper.



I filed a bevel into the fret grooves to make it easier to fit the fret wire into the grooves.


I measured and cut sections of fret wire.


I hammered in the frets and clipped off the excess fret wire.




I used a heavy clamp to reduce vibrations when hammering in the upper frets.



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