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Michael, I bought a cheap arbor press from a local tool import store, and got the radiused cauls and holder from Stew-Mac. I had to drill a hole in the arbor press shaft to mount Stew-Macs caul holder, but that was relatively easy because the steel was soft. It works quite well.

sorry it took so long to reply, that's a very good idea, I will give that a go. thanks.

Personally, I'd rather not file frets, so I try to get them seated as nicely as
possible to start, then I can usualy level them with 600 grit paper and my
ubiquitous Stanley jack plane body as a sanding block. Takes a few minutes
at most:

http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luthier/Technique/Guitar/Fre ts/
00028Refret/00028refret01.html

Like any other old time hand craft techinque, there's a bit of a learning curve
and practice, but just like so many other traditional methods, it's really
efficient. . .

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