Fret Level Help

[eSGEe]

GReat work Ray and thanks for posting the whole enchilada from start to finish!

GReat TUTORIAL and INFO for all!

 

[Session 5]

Great work RVA!! was very interesting!

 

[RVA]

Great work RVA!! was very interesting!

Thanks! I will be inserting the frets later today, after my last coat of poly dries.

 

[RVA]

After about 6 coats of wipe-on poly, a final sand at 600 grit and a naptha wipe-down, this neck is ready for frets

 

[RVA]

The frets are in. I now use the tool at the bottom of the photo to begin the fret edge rounding. After that, I will do a level.

 

[RVA]

Despite the fact that my fretboard is still dead straight after the fret installation and my frets are well seated, they are still far from level. Although I expected them to be a bit misleveled, I find it perplexing that they are this far off. No matter, they shall soon be set right

 

[eSGEe]

your skill and knowledge increase with each project!!! well done

 

[DonP]

I'm better that is a lot closer to right than it appears. You only need the most miniscule gap to leave the Sharpie trace showing.

 

[RVA]

I'm better that is a lot closer to right than it appears. You only need the most miniscule gap to leave the Sharpie trace showing.

Thanks. It is all better now.

After adding the frets, there was a bow, which it is odd to me for starters. Then, I had to add 2 washers to achieve maximum straightness. That makes no sense at all to me givien the sanding. After much brooding, I suspect a truss rod issue.

 

[DonP]

Do you mean a forward bow, like you had before you started work? That is a bit odd.

 

[RVA]

Do you mean a forward bow, like you had before you started work? That is a bit odd.

No, relief, as if there was tension. I had to tighten to raise the middle, a lot! I cannot figure it out. The neck looks fine structurally (no cracks from ypthe banging in of frets).

 

[DonP]

No, relief, as if there was tension. I had to tighten to raise the middle, a lot! I cannot figure it out. The neck looks fine structurally (no cracks from ypthe banging in of frets).

Yep, that's what I meant. Did this only appear after you strung it and put tension on it? I'm starting to wonder if this is a weak neck, that is just going to want to bend.

 

[RVA]

Yep, that's what I meant. Did this only appear after you strung it and put tension on it? I'm starting to wonder if this is a weak neck, that is just going to want to bend.

I have not strung it yet, probably tonight.

 

[DonP]

I have not strung it yet.

But you made it flat with no truss rod tension. Is it really bowing again?

 

[RVA]

Yep. It was bowed out of the gate after fret installation. It took 2 washers to get it straight. I have a problem opposite the one I had anticipated.

 

[Inspector #20]

Yep. It was bowed out of the gate after fret installation. It took 2 washers to get it straight. I have a problem opposite the one I had anticipated.

I think it will work out fine...

 

[syscokid]

I'm confused...

So, there's a typical back bow between the nut and the 15th fret?

Do you still have a secondary bow between the 15th and 21st/22nd fret?

 

[RVA]

I'm confused...

So, there's a typical back bow between the nut and the 15th fret?

Do you still have a secondary bow between the 15th and 21st/22nd fret?

No, the high fret stuff is gone. The problem is that there should have been no bow after I sanded. If anything, there should have been a backbow after the frets went in because the frets can put tension on the neck. Instead, I found bow (relief) after the fret installation which has been tough to correct

 

[syscokid]

No, the high fret stuff is gone. The problem is that there should have been no bow after I sanded. If anything, there should have been a backbow after the frets went in because the frets can put tension on the neck. Instead, I found bow (relief) after the fret installation which has been tough to correct

I even confused myself... I meant forward bow, and not "back bow". I wonder what's going on?

 

[RVA]

I even confused myself... I meant forward bow, and not "back bow". I wonder what's going on?

Me too. I have persistent "relief", not a hump in the middle