I find that a surgical saw, something like what one can find even on
Amazon (Satterlee Bone Saw 13") is an ideal tool. A very thin blade with sharp
teeth. Just make sure you do not cut yourself in the process... It is actually
ideal for many uses with wood, bone and plastics.
alexander r.
On S
"I could whittle with a utility knife, but
that would be wasteful and time consuming."
"I find that a surgical saw, something like what one can find even on
Amazon (Satterlee Bone Saw 13") is an ideal tool. A very thin blade with sharp
teeth. Just make sure you do not cut yourself in the process
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Of Dan Winheld
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 6:35 PM
To: alexander; Herbert Ward
Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: How to cut fret shims.
"I could whittle with a utility knife, but that would be wasteful and time
consuming."
"I find that
Word, brother, Amen.
That 'new fret' sound is worth its weight in gold. Just replaced mine
Friday and I'm a happy camper again. Actual replacement per fret goes
pretty quickly but assembling all the tools, finding my notes and
gauges, etc can take the time*. For years I just used a match (
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Of Dan Winheld
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 6:35 PM
To: alexander; Herbert Ward
Cc: [2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: How to cut fret shims.
"I could whittle with
Why replace the frets when you could just tighten them? Just burn the knot a
little more then put back in place. My frets last about ten years. The only
time I ever replace frets is to try a different size. Except for perhaps the
second or third frets which do wear out after a few years, then y
A good point, Sterling. I've rotated frets many times in the past w/
different lutes.
If I had a little more freeboard at the edge of the fingerboard and a
larger radius chamfer at the edge I could probably make that work. As
it is, the right angle bend in the fret (larger ones especially
Thin guitar picks slid under frets are dynamite shims. Also wadded paper.
Many's the corner been ripped off one of my scores to fold a few times and
stick under a loose fret. Little pieces of bamboo skewers are also useful.
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> On Feb 9, 2014, at 5:25 PM, "Sterling" wro
Indeedaroody. They make good markers, too. Nothing like looking over
at a delicate moment and seeing a blur of 20-odd frets.
Sean
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On Feb 9, 2014, at 6:51 PM, John Lenti wrote:
Thin guitar picks slid under frets are dynamite shims. Also wadded
paper. Many's the corner
A.
Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
www.christopherwilke.com
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On Sun, 2/9/14, Dan Winheld wrote:
Subject: [LUTE] Re: How to cut fret shims.
To: "alexander" , "Herbert Ward"
Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2014, 6:35 PM
"I could whitt
.M.A.
> Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
> www.christopherwilke.com
>
>
> On Sun, 2/9/14, Dan Winheld wrote:
>
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: How to cut fret shims.
> To: "alexander" , "Herbert Ward"
>
>
I find fret shims sometimes useful on my archlute and theorbo, where I don't
always get a new fret tight enough before that very short slide up to position.
Instead of throwing that new fret out I will shim with wood or rolled thick
paper. If older frets become loose but are still serviceable, I
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