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Thanks Todd, a timely post.

I was planning on making some fretting templates, I guess all of us who bought the blades have been thinking about it. I was thinking of drilling the alignment holes with a brad point bit, rather than cutting them, you method has me thinking...

I've just installed Wfret and it has an input for a calculation method. Which is better rule of 18ths, 12th root of 2, or custom equal temperament? I suppose this is opening a can of worms

OK, I get it, 12th root of 2 is non-cummulative, rule of 18ths is cummulative. Less errors with a non-cummulative calculation method.

Paul, I found the ReadMe.txt file, which can be found in the root directory where you put the wfret program, very informative.

I think he puts that one first because it is the preferred method.

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Thanks a lot Bruce, i had to go back to MIMF and save it again to WFRET 2, IT WORKED !

The little guy ain't Garfield, it's just a funny guy my wife picked up somewhere on the net ! Cute han?

Thanjks for all of this Todd. I popped over to MIMF and printed off your radiusing jig and will be making one soon. I use wfret also and it will form the basis for the fret slotting sled I am making soon.

Shane

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WOW! I am glad that the wood is working well for you. I can't wait to see some pics! I think that I can get going on the jig with what you posted but when you do your modifications I would be interested. When I make radius sanding dishes for people I also start with arcs drawn by a friend of mine with AutoCAD. I have AutoCAD Light 97 but the program really becomes quite useful when you have a plotter to print out the BIG pictures. And the program is a huge learning curve for me and I can't find the time, especially when I need to get at processing more tops!

Thanks again Todd, on both accounts!

Shane

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