Friday, 17 April 2015

Fingerboard...

 Using a fret scale tool from Guitar & Wood luthier supplies I marked out the frets based on a 24.625" scale length.

 After making sure the edges were true, I used a set square and Japanese pull saw to cut the fret slots.


Then using a Guitar and Wood radius sanding block I shaped it to a 12" radius and got the thickness down to the line.

 


...and then cut the taper


Unfortunately some of the saw marks from when I split the fingerboard blank didn't come out with the radius sanding so had to be filled with rosewood sawdust and glue.  It shouldn't look too bad when the fret markers are added.


Playing with some fret marker inlay ideas.  This sycamore veneer whilst very pretty is far too thin to be used


 However it did allow me to play around with some ideas...


 I think I prefer the markers to point upwards towards the headstock.


 Cutting some maple for the fingerboard binding...


 Nice 3mm thick maple binding strip.


Binding should look good...


After gluing the binding on I drilled the side marker holes and used rosewood sawdust and glue to fill the holes in the maple and then sanded it back.


I think that looks pretty damn tidy!


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