Installing the frets and side dots - Building a Single Cut model Guitar (Part 5)

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Don't forget to leave your questions for the upcoming 1 Year anniversary Q&A here in the comment section. Please start your Question with: Q&A:... Thank you very much!!

[@mrwaffles1394]

I love the look of the press. It’s got that old school tool flavor. I’ve always been a player, never really worked on my own guitars. But thanks to you and the KZbin luthier community, I’m getting more and more confident to do advanced work the guitars in my home. And with 3 boys who all play, it not only save a lot of money, but it’s very rewarding as well. I’m currently tooling up to do my own build. So thank you for the inspiration and as always, great video.

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hey David, Good to hear you get some useful information and inspiration from my videos and are getting into maintaining and even building your own guitar(s).

[@knightyyz]

When you make the block for the press make it thicker. Your press bar is at about 8 o'clock so you are pushing the frets in, but if you can get the bar to be at 11 o'clock and you pull down, you'll find it easier to get the same amount of pressure

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi Knightyyz, Thank you for the tips. Since this video I made some adjustments to the press and it works great now. I added a 'table' to the base of the press for more surface area and support and indeed changed the angle of the handle like you suggested.

[@martenvanderee7841]

I loved that bombastic music when you were doing the fretwork. Thank you for doing these very interesting videos Daniël.

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hey Marten, You're are very welcome. And thank you for the compliments.

[@rosalindacaseley6996]

Seriously this is the most informative channel on KZbin! Awesome!!! And massive talent too 😎 . And always a superb choice of music to accompany the video.

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hey Rosalinda, Again thank you very much for the compliments. And I'm glad you appreciate the music. Getting the music right might just be the hardest part of making these videos.

[@rosalindacaseley6996]

@@UnquendorGuitars always a pleasure dude and yes I can imagine it is. And this is Ade, Lin's other half - I just pinch her account to go on KZbin, not bothered to create my own 😎 . But that aside, seriously this is an awesome channel so thank you very much for all the help you are giving... Just ordered my first batch of wood, just got to sort the hardware now!!!

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi Ade, Thank you and you’re welcome. Glad you like my content. And have fun preparing for your build.

[@mrfrontranger7911]

A in feed and out feed support and mounting the press to the bench will help. The biggest help is to over bend the wire to 11" so the barbs will move slightly side ways .lightly tap both ends on the fret board then press. They will go in straight without leaning. Dont forget to clean your wire with naptha😁😁

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi Mr Frontranger, Thank you for the tips. I will definitely try them out on the next fretboard.

[@jessijamesguitars7502]

Once again Dan you do e anothet stunning job really nice work, many thanks for sharing your time with us. 👍👍👍👍 JJ

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi JJ, Thanks!!

[@johnnygonzales3211]

Really like your new toy that press is awesome😜

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi Johnny, Thanks. It's always nice to get new toys....eh.. tools.

[@steveroberts]

Nice work Daniel

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi Steve, Thank you!!

[@JohnClothier]

So gutted you lost the footage of modifying the arbor press. I have thought about going down that route but not sure how to tackle putting the hole in there. What is the advantage of this over the hammer? Although listening to what you are saying I think I may just stick with the hammer! Q&A: Where did the name Unquendor come from? Q&A: How long have you been building guitars? Q&A: What got you started in Guitar Building?

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi John, Yeah I was pretty gutted to when I found out I had accidentally deleted the footage. But I think most of us on KZbin had that happen once or twice. Drilling the hole was quite easy to be honest. Just marked the center and used a handheld drill to first drill a 4mm pilot hole and followed it up with a 10mm drill bit. Just use a lot of cutting oil and good bits.The tricky bit was keeping the drill straight. Next I had to drill another hole and tap some tread for a fixing screw to keep the insert in place. And I replaced a bolt for one with a little handle to make the press easy to adjust. The advantage of a press supposedly is that it is faster and more accurate opposed to using a hammer. When the fretboard is radiused correctly the frets should go in more consistent which should make leveling the frets easier and faster if needed at all. And there is less chance of hitting the fretboard by accident with the hammer. And thank you for the Q&A questions. I will most definitely answer these in the upcoming video.

[@raytristani]

I really love your channel

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hey Ramon, Thank you very much for the compliment!

[@hugobehrendt1942]

Perfect work my friend, congratulations for the new fret press , it's a great tool. At the moment I use a fret hammer and then press the frets with the radious block and put cianocrilate from the side of the fingerboard, I enjoy the work but in the future I Would like to go for a fret press. A friendly hug!

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi Hugo, Thank you once again. A fretting hammer also get's the job done just as wel as a press but takes a bit more effort. Once I'm more familiar with using a press I might make a comparison video between the two methods.

[@hugobehrendt1942]

@@UnquendorGuitars Excellent!

[@hughwoodsballard2305]

Hi Dan, Can you give us the name of your wood supplier? Great video's. Keep it going.

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hey Hugh, Of course I can. My supplier is "Masave Fijnhouthandel" it's a dutch wood supplier. Unfortunately they don't have a webshop so international orders might get a little tricky. I know they'll take international orders depending on where you're from but they're more focused on local business.

[@chrisk3754]

Can you tell me what is the white marker you use to mark the fretboard? Thank you for the nice videos! 👍

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hey ChrisK, Thank you very much. It's a white pencil.

[@gurupmuhtesem9824]

hi, do you use fret tang nippers?

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi Gurup, No I don't. Fret tang nippers are mostly used for fretting necks that have a binding of sorts which my necks don't have.

[@GloriousDutchPancakes]

Waar heb jij die nijptang vandaan?

[@UnquendorGuitars]

Hi Mark, Ik gebruik een fret-kniptang van Crimson Guitars. Gebruik niet zomaar een 'nijptang' of 'kopkniptang' uit de bouwmarkt maar gebruik een 'speciale' fret-kniptang verkrijgbaar bij de meeste webshops die gitaargereedschap verkopen. Een fret-kniptang is eigenlijk een kopkniptang, maar is de bek dusdanig geslepen en gepolijst dat de fretdraad zo min mogelijk vervormt en je de frets zo dicht mogelijk bij het fretboard kan afknippen.