Fitting truss rod
- Block plane & chisel down truss rod cover strip so flush with neck
- Cut off fret wire using side cutters held parallel to side of fretboard
- File down edge of frets till level with side of fret board on top and bottom
- Start flat then bevel inwards to fret board front then repeat till level
- Use finer file to finish then bevel file to complete
Fitting Fretboard
- Block planed top of body till fret board level with neck and sound board. Plane VERY finely set
- Orbital sand front and sides till smooth
- Planed and used cabinet scrapers on fret board till it sat flush on sound board
- Drilled 2 x 1.5 mm holes in back of fret board and inserted two nails and cut off to act as locating pins
- Glued fret board to neck and clamped with 4 ‘G’ clamps
- Fret board moved slightly so had to use clamps sideways to relocate