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Carving the strum hollow

Posted in on Jun 10th, 2009 2 Comments »

Carving the strum hollow
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  1. The Village Carpenter says:
    June 11, 2009 at 1:04 PM

    Doug, do you cut those fret kerfs with a handsaw? How do you keep them all exactly the same depth–repeat the number of saw strokes? They look perfectly straight. I think mine would be every angle but 90º.

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  2. Doug Berch says:
    June 12, 2009 at 12:03 AM

    Hi Kari,

    I cut the fret slots by hand for a long time using a back saw that had a depth stop clamped to one side; a strip of wood and two small c-clamps did the trick. It was relatively easy to keep the depth consistent but not foolproof. I also made a wooden square that I used as a guide to keep all the slots at 90º.

    A few years ago I made a mitre box with a simple depth stop and cutting the slots became much easier!

    I usually have to deepen a few slots after the final truing of the fretboard. I still use the back saw with the depth stop for that.

    I’ve really been enjoying your blog!

    All the best,

    Doug

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