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| Author: | WvBluesman [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Fretboard side markers. |
I am installing fretboard side markers on a completed Strat neck. ( Customer is using a right handed neck on a left handed guitar) I know I need a fence of some sort to maintain a uniform line. What are you guys using? Pics? |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard side markers. |
I laid out some tape, measured carefully, and drilled carefully to install the dots. Had my apprentice spot me to make sure I was perpendicular to the neck. Took an hour. |
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| Author: | Irving [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard side markers. |
I just measure for the center of each side fret area and use something fine to make an impression (I often just use a wood screw) and then put the neck in a drill press vice and drill each centered indent. My side dots are usually 3/32" from the neck/fretboard seam. |
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| Author: | Chameleon [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard side markers. |
Yup, that's pretty much it. Cept I never used a drill press, just marked em with a punch and drilled carefully. Worked for me, seem pretty straight. |
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| Author: | Dave Stewart [ Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fretboard side markers. |
I believe the fence is most usefull when against the back of bound but not yet installed fingerboards, keeping the dot drilling in line & a fixed distance (I use .100") from the underside. (This is not necessarily centered vertically in a constant radius fingerboard, as the edge thickness changes). I always found slight wandering the issue, so I now use 3/32" twist drill I ground into a sharp brad-point that I use just for this. Keeping a neck rigid while drilling is more important than a fence once the neck is together IMO, since the drill line doesn't remain a constant distance from anything "fenceable" anymore, unless you register off the frets. |
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