guitar2005 Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 I want to buy an arbor press for my next fret job because I don't want to destroy my Drill Press. The thing is, I'm not sure how to adapt the arbor press for use with the stew mac fret caul. http://busybeetools.ca/cgi-bin/picture10?&...amp;NTITEM=B091 So... how do I attach the fret caul to the arbor press? Is there an adapter or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegarehanman Posted September 2, 2007 Report Share Posted September 2, 2007 I took the rack(the part that goes up and down) out of the arbor press, put it in a vise, drilled a hole in it big enough for the fret caul (of course, start with a small dia. bit and work your way up to the final size in increments of about 1/16"-1/8"), then drilled another hole perpendicular to the previous one which I threaded. I put a set screw in the threaded hole to keep the fret caul secured in the other hole. peace, russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsilver Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 I took the rack to a local machine shop along with the fret caul for reference. They did the same process Russ described. The charged $15. I didn't have all the tools to do it myself at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 I took the rack to a local machine shop along with the fret caul for reference. They did the same process Russ described. The charged $15. I didn't have all the tools to do it myself at the time. Yeah, I did practically the same thing, except I was in too much of a hurry to use it, so I skipped the set screw, and put some masking tape around the shaft of the fret caul. That was probably two years ago. I still haven't taken it to a machine shop to get a set screw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted September 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 I took the rack(the part that goes up and down) out of the arbor press, put it in a vise, drilled a hole in it big enough for the fret caul (of course, start with a small dia. bit and work your way up to the final size in increments of about 1/16"-1/8"), then drilled another hole perpendicular to the previous one which I threaded. I put a set screw in the threaded hole to keep the fret caul secured in the other hole. peace, russ Great Idea. That's what I'll do and there's a good machine shop I've dealt with last year to make me a steel fence for my delta jointer. Thanks for the tips guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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