source file: mills3.txt Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 23:39:15 +0200 Subject: Re: Guitar refretting From: John Starrett All- I have found that the best filler for empty fret slots is either a mixture of epoxy and wood dust or superglue and wood dust. The super glue method is the easiest--just fill the fret slot with wood dust several shades lighter than the fretboard and drip superglue onto it. The glue will wick into the slot and harden from contact with the wood dust. You cannot pre mix these, however, and much practice is required to guess the final color. When using epoxy, you can premix to match the color, but beware of using too little wood dust, because once the epoxy-dust mixture is in the slot it will appear darker if there is not much wood in it. Also, when removing frets it helps to heat them first with a soldering gun. This loosens glue and makes the wood flexible enough not to chip when the fret is removed. I am preparing a complete guide to do it yourself refretting that I will post on my web page www-math.cudenver.edu/~jstarret/microtone.html It will be 2-3 pages long, but if it is of sufficent interest to forum members I will post it here also. John Starrett SMTPOriginator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu From: Paul Rapoport Subject: notation again PostedDate: 11-10-97 17:16:21 SendTo: CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH ReplyTo: tuning@eartha.mills.edu $MessageStorage: 0 $UpdatedBy: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=coul1358/OU=AT/O=EZH,CN=Manuel op de Coul/OU=AT/O=EZH RouteServers: CN=notesrv2/OU=Server/O=EZH,CN=notesrv1/OU=Server/O=EZH RouteTimes: 11-10-97 17:15:55-11-10-97 17:15:56,11-10-97 17:16:23-11-10-97 17:16:24 DeliveredDate: 11-10-97 17:16:24 Categories: $Revisions: Received: from ns.ezh.nl ([137.174.112.59]) by notesrv2.ezh.nl (Lotus SMTP MTA SMTP v4.6 (462.2 9-3-1997)) with SMTP id C125652D.0053D637; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 17:15:43 +0200 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA13912; Sat, 11 Oct 1997 17:16:21 +0200 Date: Sat, 11 Oct 1997 17:16:21 +0200 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA13906 Received: (qmail 1455 invoked from network); 11 Oct 1997 08:13:11 -0700 Received: from localhost (HELO ella.mills.edu) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 11 Oct 1997 08:13:11 -0700 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@eartha.mills.edu