fret slot saw

[Dansk_84]

Hi

Im just approaching the stage of sawing the fret slots in my fingerboard and was wondering if anybody knows of a decent saw to do the job?. The frets i have have a dimension of .95 at the tang. On my last guitar after i had saw the frets with a gents saw i went to put the frets in, some of them stayed in place, some of them fell out. Can u get different sided gents saws? because when i look on the net for gent saws they never give a thickness of the blade.

Dan

[David Schwab]

Where have you been looking?

Here's one from Stew-Mac:

The corrosion-resistant 10" Sheffield steel blade has .023" width of cut, to match our fretwire.

Fret Slotting Saw at Stew-Mac

And one from LMI:

It has a .023” (.55mm) kerf for normal fretwire sizes

Fret Saw

I have the LMI saw and have used it on a bunch of fingerboards. 0.023" is the standard slot size.

[Rich Rice]

I have the Stew Mac saw, and it is very good quality. I also have their mitre box and their blade for use on a power saw.

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Fretting...Miter_Box.html

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Sp...Saw_Blade.html

Both can be used with their fret slotting templates. Not the cheapest route, but excellent results.