ibreakemineedtobuildem Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Are those drillpress stands for your own drill,strong enough to put frets in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 They will work in a pinch. Probably not great for it though. Arbor press cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asm Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 does it really take that much force to drive in a fret?? i figured using a arbor press might crack the neck by putting to much force on a point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 stop pushing once the frets in place, i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 I think it depends on how many necks you want to fret. If you have a good quality drill press then doing some necks on it is no problem at all. If you do a neck a day then the drill press might cease to work some day I guess.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibreakemineedtobuildem Posted March 17, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 I didn't know press were that afordable.Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setch Posted March 17, 2004 Report Share Posted March 17, 2004 Are those drillpress stands for your own drill,strong enough to put frets in? No - they have far to much flex in them. But they'll probably still be better for that than they are for drilling holes with *any* accuracy. Stupid bits of crap... grrr... grumble... Seriously, I don't believe you'll have any success trying this, the chances are the drill will jump out of the stand or the main column will flex rather than seat the fret. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted March 18, 2004 Report Share Posted March 18, 2004 it would be hard to resist the urge to turn on the drill while pressing a fret .... or maybe that just my weird side coming out....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitone Posted April 16, 2004 Report Share Posted April 16, 2004 Now what's the difference between putting them in with a press and just tapping them in with a hammer? I noticed that wayneguitars did them this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 yeh and he install his frets quickly, i dont see why you need a arbor press or anything or is their something i dont know?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 I think some people are confusing the question to be "Drill Press" instead of "Drill Press Stand for your own drill", maybe? I haven't tried it with a drill press stand but I would guess that Setch would be correct - I don't think they have what it takes. A drill press on the other hand will work (I've done it many times) but I kinda feel bad for it - putting it under so much stress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 I revise my earlier statement....My drill press died during the fretting of the second neck....Nothing serious and I was able to fix it, but it definately is better to get a real arbor press.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 What brand/model drill press do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarMaestro Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 Hmm....it is a german drill press....don't know the make, but I doubt you would know it anyway....it is a high quality unit though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 it's not so much that the neck won't turn out good, it's more that you're not really doing the drill press a favor applying pressure that it was not designed to handle. a 1/2 or full ton arbor press is going to be much more stable and consistent to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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