This is awesome - i didn't realize others had done this too! Nice design, John!
Hey there here is my take on the right angle fret slitter and kerfed lining cutter .I used an old angle grinder head added another bearing for support just waiting for the blades to arrive cheap and fun should save a little time ,it may need a flex coupling on the shaft to alleviate a little vibration all good.The ratio is 3 :1 so 5,000 rpm spindle around 1,500 rpm on the blade .cheers John.
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Last edited by InMesh; 09-03-2016 at 04:35 PM.
This is awesome - i didn't realize others had done this too! Nice design, John!
Jason Beam
Sacramento, CA
Great design!!
Works well I have a few jigs and the easiest way to set them up square is I run a shaft in the spindle with a small bearing along their edge , X or Y depending on the jig then lock them to the table.Simple and effective and thou for thou accurate .cheers John.
Interesting. How long does it take to cut a fretboard? and can you make the fret depths follow the FB curve?
I just finished my first FB and used a .025" bit from precise bits.com. But it takes about 20 minutes to do a single FB. The nice thing I was able to do a "faux bound" FB by stopping just short of the sides.
The fret board cuts just on 6 min I was thinking about a contour cut in two minds about it,then looked at how much needs to come off and I believe about 2.5 mm depth should cover it .With a datum established I could do the Inlay before and then just 4 screws and a 1/2 " collet and off I go with the fret slots.There was an idea of running a cutter for the radius first for the overall fret-board shape but I have a jig for the sander that is pretty east to use ,bit more experimenting I guess also the Kurfed lining would be fun I am accumulating far too many jigs and fixtures...