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  • #16
    Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

    cool - great thread - thanks for it
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    • #17
      Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

      This is the sort of stuff that makes this place so great.
      Thanks Beandip!

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      • #18
        Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

        Would there be anything to consider differently when performing this on stainless steel frets?

        I think I am going to take a stab at this.....
        Originally posted by LesStrat
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        • #19
          Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

          Originally posted by Binnerscot View Post
          Would there be anything to consider differently when performing this on stainless steel frets?

          I think I am going to take a stab at this.....
          It's going to take longer, and use more sandpaper than you would like Really, there's not much difference when leveling and crowing SS frets (although if you need a level and crown, kudos to having a grip like King Kong). It's the fretting itself that SS frets rear their pain in the ass heads.
          This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. - St. Augustine of Hippo

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          • #20
            Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

            we should move the beandip tutorial threads to the vault
            Originally posted by Lewguitar
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            • #21
              Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

              Bookmarked!

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              • #22
                Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

                This is a GREAT way to ruin a fretboard. This is NOT a DIY task.

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                • #23
                  Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

                  Originally posted by dumb View Post
                  This is a GREAT way to ruin a fretboard. This is NOT a DIY task.
                  It is, if you have a lot of time available and are really careful and lay down everything in paper before the actual job. The hard part is making the neck having the exact relief as the intented future style-setup, or at least having it str8. I have done this 2 times, full fret leveling/crowning, and one time just one fret crowning. I liked the results. I'd say that a steel crowning file pays off in the long run. All in all i paid 30 EUROs and did 2 full jobs and 1 crowned fret. Cost justified IMHO.

                  The method i've been following was along the lines of : http://www.archive.agileguitarforum....d.php?tid=5453
                  Last edited by greekdude; 09-27-2014, 05:08 AM.

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                  • #24
                    Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

                    Originally posted by beandip View Post
                    Loosen the truss rod, and using the straightedge you just purchased, get the neck to as little relief as possible.
                    this might be splitting hairs, but wouldn't you need a notched straight edge so that you're reading the fretboard, and not the tops of the supposedly un-even frets that you're leveling and crowning?
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                    • #25
                      Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

                      OH man, I hope you don't know my address. I'm gonna have the most sore gonads in town (I'm a super glue user on the nut).
                      Originally Posted by IanBallard
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                      • #26
                        Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

                        Just so I can find this thread later
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                        • #27
                          Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

                          ...or invest in the proper tools for the job, and get better results faster. They really are not that expensive!
                          Originally posted by LesStrat
                          Yogi Berra was correct.
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                          • #28
                            Re: How to properly level and crown frets for the DIY'er

                            This is an old thread but still 100% relevant, and also so I can refer to it later. I do all of my own setups and the carpenters square is something I hadn't thought of.

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