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AND THIS WAS A FRETFUL AFTERNOON

5/8/2014

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I didn't get into the workshop til this afternoon, but I began by installing the side dots,  An easy job.  Just remember in this narrow space, to score the center where you want to drill with a sharp awl.  That will lead the drill bit to stay in the center of this narrow-narrow edge.  This is hand work- don't try it with an electric drill.
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Once that got done I was ready to install frets.  A tedious job at best.  Cut the fret to size, add a little glue to it, Tap it into the groove with the fret hammer, Put it under the press and apply pressure,  wipe off the excess glue with a wet cloth.  And  then do it again and again.  fourteen frets for each uke times six.  This is not my favorite moment in building ukes.
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This press is a valuable tool in installing frets.  If you simply hammer them in with a fretting hammer you are going to find as you pound on one side it pops up on the other.  I tap in the fret with my fret hammer, getting it started in the slot, but I quickly shift to the press, using it to drive the frets evenly into their slots.
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