First, it sounds like your pockets are too small, then it sounds like your slots are in the wrong place? These would be two different issues..
For your pockets, cut one climb cutting, and one conventional cutting, and compare the sizes. The conventional will likely be larger.
I don't understand what you mean here?I have even tried cutting slots, like for a guitar fret board
35.64 equated to 35.98
33.64 equated to 33.86
31.75 equated to 32.00
Are these the slot locations? How are you cutting the slots, in a single pass, or back and forth?