A quick question about 🥜

[ShatnersBassoon]

Hi, just a quick question. Whilst browsing eBay I have noticed quite a few pre radiused boards with slightly unusual radiuses such as 16 etc. I have noticed that the nut slot depth tends to follow  the radius of the board in these listings. However most nuts that you buy are either flat (on the bottom I mean) or more standard radiuses such as 9.5. Out of curiosity I have looked for nuts with these more unusual radiuses and can’t find any. Could anyone shed any light on this? Is it just a matter of modifying a nut so that it fits nicely in the slot? I would imagine that this would be difficult with a brass nut. Anyway...thoughts?

Whoops! A double post I notice. Apologies!

Edited September 19, 2018 by ShatnersBassoon

[mistermikev]

go look at graph tec radius nuts... they have a little nub on the bottom so you can sand it lightly to meet the radius of your board.  You'll have to sand a bit anyway to get the height right so...

[ShatnersBassoon]

1 minute ago, mistermikev said:

go look at graph tec radius nuts... they have a little nub on the bottom so you can sand it lightly to meet the radius of your board.  You'll have to sand a bit anyway to get the height right so...

Cheers man! Will have a look

[ShatnersBassoon]

Like this I take it? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202240289581

[mistermikev]

15 hours ago, ShatnersBassoon said:

Like this I take it? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202240289581

exactly

[Ronkirn]

don't sweat it.. take a piece of sandpaper about 100 grit (not particularly important) place it on the neck fingerboard then scrub the nut back and forth until you achieve the raidused bottom.... this is a pretty common solution.

 

rk