jer7440 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Ok...after another long break, it's time to see if I can get this baby finished! I got my fret wire bent and all the frets cut to rough size. I'm waiting on a fret tang nipper before I go any farther with the fretting. I also went back to work on my individual bridge pieces. I'm getting all the holes drilled and tapped (I hate tapping tiny 4-40 screw holes). Next I need to drill and recess my control holes. Then a little finish sanding and the body should be ready for finish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 Did some more machining on my custom bridge pieces. All the holes are drilled, tapped and countersunk. Also playing around with the new camera. I'm trying to figure out how to take good pics. I also made a jig for removing the fret tang for bound fingerboards. This is my interpretation of the LMII jig. You slide the fret into the slot and tighten the bottom screw finger tight. This holds the fret securely. Then, with a few strokes of a file, you end up with a cleanly removed fret tang. You file down until the file hits on the shoulder bolts. At this point the tang is nice and flush. I was thinking the shoulder bolts would be much harder than they are. If you look closely you can see that the file is wearing on the top of them. I will have to rework this and replace the shoulder bolts with some hardened steel. This set up should get me throught this fret job though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Workingman Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Nice jig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Jebus Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Maybe machining a roller system so the file causes the rests to revolve rather than filing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Maybe machining a roller system so the file causes the rests to revolve rather than filing them. I looked at a roller system, but I was trying to keep things as simple as possible. I will make some stop blocks and harden them That will take care of the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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