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Wooden frets?

#41
The stuff I saw wasn't straight bar stock though, because that has trouble staying seated well in radiused fingerboards, and will compress in the middle so the thickness over the length of the fret won't be even. This stuff had been injected into circles of whatever the ordered radius was.
 
#43
Angus said:
The stuff I saw wasn't straight bar stock though, because that has trouble staying seated well in radiused fingerboards, and will compress in the middle so the thickness over the length of the fret won't be even. This stuff had been injected into circles of whatever the ordered radius was.
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You could probably pre-radius the bar stock by coiling it at an appropriate radius (tighter than the final desired) and letting it sit for a month. Or, just heat it to somewhat close to it glass transition temp (roughly, its softening temperature), for probably an hour or less would do it.
 
#52
I just did what Jaco did, filled in the frets with PlastiWood wood filler, then coated the whole neck wih the kind of epoxy acrylic that you see cheesy clocks made from, they sell it by the gallon at craft stores if you only use 2/3s of the hardener , it is much harder, then sanded the hell out of it. I used 5-6 coats., put masking tape on the sides.
It sounds great with round wound strings, and they don't eat the fretboard that way, but you have to press HARD.

ANnnnnd as I re-read your post I see you meant RAISED sawdust epoxy frets. nevermind, maybe the stuff i mentioned could be used, but you would basically have plastic frets. But hey, people use plastic nuts, why not?
 
#53
JAdamCotterBass said:
I just did what Jaco did, filled in the frets with PlastiWood wood filler, then coated the whole neck wih the kind of epoxy acrylic that you see cheesy clocks made from, they sell it by the gallon at craft stores if you only use 2/3s of the hardener , it is much harder, then sanded the hell out of it. I used 5-6 coats., put masking tape on the sides.
It sounds great with round wound strings, and they don't eat the fretboard that way, but you have to press HARD.

ANnnnnd as I re-read your post I see you meant RAISED sawdust epoxy frets. nevermind, maybe the stuff i mentioned could be used, but you would basically have plastic frets. But hey, people use plastic nuts, why not?
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If you re-read it again, you might find the question was posed seven years ago. I'm hoping he resolved it by now... :)
 

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