FAQ - Which files for stainless steel frets?

Which files can you recommend for processing stainless steel frets?

We get this question from time to time and the answer to it varies from manufacturer to user. But I would like to write the following for the use of our fret files and dressing files for processing stainless steel frets.

FAQ - Precision of dressing files

Precision in dressing files – How precise is precise and why?

Our precision levelling files are specially manufactured for use in guitar making and are individually tested.

Nevertheless, customers occasionally have questions about the "flatness" of the file and believe that this is the reason for unsatisfactory levveling results – often after testing with a straightedge or a metal surface.

Here we would like to explain some important points to consider and to avoid misunderstandings.

FAQ - Saddle File: DIY saddle notches on a bell bronze bridge with what files?

FAQ - Saddle File: DIY saddle notches on a bell bronze bridge with what files?

I would like to file the string notches on my new bell bronze Les Paul bridge myself and am looking for suitable nut files.

Could you please indicate suitable files, as the prices for files are quite high and a wrong purchase would be expensive and above all unnecessary?

Here are the string gauges I would like to notch: .010, .013, .017, .024, .032, .042"

FAQ - Guitar Side Bender "Rall Bender"

What do I need all for a bending machine?

Question:

I am I’d like to purchase a side bending machine. I see that I need more than the machine to bend sides, but also things like heat mats, a temperature controller, springs, etc.

How can I know all the things I need so I will be able to bend sides? Are there instructions on how these things work together? Would everything I need be available in a single kit and at a better price if purchased together?

Answer:

In this article you'll get the answer for this question.

Fox Bender

Here I show the making of the so-called "Foxbender", a device for bending solid guitar sides.

Fret Press

This pliers actually comes from the metal construction. It is used there for holding during welding work and is very robust. After some modifications, it can be used for pressing in fret bars.

Peghole Drilling

Classical guitars and steel string guitars with openwork headstocks usually have leg shaft machine heads with a hole spacing of 35mm. Making these freehand is quite tedious and risky. This device is intended to remedy this.

Tools: Binding Jig

Here I show a homemade jig for clean and accurate routing of edge inlays on guitars.

Dovetail Template - Device for Precise Cutting of Guitar Neck

On this site I show my router jig for attaching the neck to acoustic guitar bodies.

Lacquering Machine Polishing - Buffing

After I got tired of polishing all the paintwork by hand, I thought about building a polishing machine myself. This not only saves a lot of time and elbow grease, but also the surfaces shine professionally ;-)

Band Saw with Digital cale

Here I give some basic knowledge about fret sawing and show a saw I designed and built for sawing the frets into the fretboard.

Frame clamp

Or how do I glue in places in guitar bodies that I can't get to by hand 

Veneer Cutter

Need a narrow, uniform chip of veneer? Want to make a black/white/black binding in 1.8mm thickness? No problem at all. With the veneer cutter shown here, you can achieve strips of wood veneer strips up to approx. 0.8 or 1mm thick in no time at all.