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PostPosted: Fri Jan 27, 2023 9:40 am 
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Here is the latest Luthier Tips du Jour video. - The topic is the LMI Fret Tang Filer.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 12:37 pm 
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Like you Robbie
Been using this for years best tool for doing bound fret boards

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:11 pm 
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That's the first I've heard of cutting back the tangs for frets on an unbound fretboard.

Robbie - Were the ends of the tangs of the original frets visible on that guitar? If so, filing back the ends of the tangs of the new frets would leave them recessed. Did you do something to fill in the recesses on the edge of the fretboard?

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2023 7:13 pm 
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J De Rocher wrote:
That's the first I've heard of cutting back the tangs for frets on an unbound fretboard.

Robbie - Were the ends of the tangs of the original frets visible on that guitar? If so, filing back the ends of the tangs of the new frets would presumably leave them recessed. Did you do something to fill in the recesses on the edge of the fretboard?

I've done that on an unbound fretboard, filled the recesses with ebony dust and CA glue.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 6:43 am 
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I've done that on banjos for years. It does leave a nice fretboard edge. I always used a black shellac burn-in stick to fill the remainder of the slot.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 9:46 am 
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Wow that really does do a good job indeed. I made my own nipper from one of those sheet metal nipping tools. It does require filing in most cases though but sometimes I get a nice flush cut with it.

Personally, I like seeing the fret tangs on an unbound board.



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I've been using the old style SM fret tang nipper for years and it's still going strong. A little care in setting the fret into the nipper results in a flush cut with no file required. I also do the CA fill for unbound fretboards. This reduces the potential for sprouting fret ends if the fretboard shrinks a little.


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:42 am 
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I’ve been using this. Happy with it.

https://www.jescarguitar.com/shop/summi ... universal/

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I have two sets of StewMac's fret nippers, so I'm trying to get all the mileage I can out of them… ;-)

I bought this little device that works wonders for holding the fret down while filing what little is left with the SM nipper. Works great. You can even screw it down somewhere on your bench if you prefer not to use it in a vise.

https://guitarsandwoods.com/fret-tang-filer.html

Off-topic, but here's about Guitars and Woods.

Those guys in Portugal have great tools, prices are on the lower side (often much lower, check their aluminum radius beams) ship fast for reasonable amounts of money and have great service, too. They're kind of like Europe's StewMac and I've been buying from them for years and have them ship to Quebec without any trouble. Open a commercial account from outside EU and you'll be getting prices devoid of sales tax… that's 20% off.

Hope you’ll find this useful.


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Terence Kennedy wrote:
I’ve been using this. Happy with it.

https://www.jescarguitar.com/shop/summi ... universal/

Same here. They have plates to accommodate different crown sizes. This is the only cutting tool I found that didn’t mangle uke wire.

Frank fords filer, and I’m sure the LMI filer, also work fine on uke wire.

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