Hohner Rockwood Re-build, 3rd update

I was going to put the old frets back but they are rather worn so I thought I may as well put new ones in.

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Clean out the fret slots, although they are already a little deep for the tangs on the new wire.

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Bend the fret wire into a curve…

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and tap it into place….

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and snip the ends off.

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and then the edges to a 45 degree angle.

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Of course that’s only a rough finish so each fret needs to be finished off individually.

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Unfortunately putting frets in by hand it’s impossible to get the tops completely even, so they need to be dressed.

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Once they are level, they need to be rounded off again.

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and then re-polished with micro-mesh.

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There we go ready to bolt back on.

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Unfortunately I’ve just realized I’m missing another vital part, the neck plate!  I guess I wont finish this today then!

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Never mind, keep watching, once the last piece of the jigsaw arrives it should be quite simple.

To see the project in full click here.

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