I have been coating the little Telecaster fret board with Tru-Oil for the past week or so gradually building up a nice shine, tonight I decided to finally put the frets in as I am happy with the look and feel of the fret board now.
I was determined to make a good job of the frets and not to damage the fret board whilst installing the frets... the best laid plans of mice and men and all that... I learned tonight that the more accurate I cut the fret wire to size the more chance I have of it not going in properly. If I cut the frets about 4mm oversize each end giving me quite an overhang they go in easily.
The fret board split in one place so I had to hastily glue it back in place and finally managed to install the frets without too many marks or blemishes on the fret board. Practice makes perfect... I need more practice! I then used my bench grinder to bring the frets almost level with the sides and then my home-made fret beveller to smooth the frets to a nice angle.
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