An easy diy fret crowning tool

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Dave Bagwill
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An easy diy fret crowning tool

Post by Dave Bagwill » Thu Mar 09, 2017 5:10 pm

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Tim Benware
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Re: An easy diy fret crowning tool

Post by Tim Benware » Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:58 am

And you can add a handle to it as well. If you look to the upper left you'll see the one I made many years ago. I use it with 400 and 600 grit before moving on the the polishing papers. It works very well and is really handy.
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Re: An easy diy fret crowning tool

Post by ken cierp » Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:14 pm

I use a ball burr in a Dremel then tune the channel on a fret


http://www.kennethmichaelguitars.com/fretdressing.html

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