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Suggest an alternative to concave fret file

(for background context, I'm probably in the dozens of fret jobs so far, and no I don't let frets leave my house like this) When I got started getting interested in building guitars, I got the StewMac bundle of fret files/book, which comes with the concave toothed file. Over time, I ended up getting both the Narrow/Medium and Wide/Jumbo files. I don't do it often, but occasionally I do something like shown in the picture, where I'm clearl…

fret crowning
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What you're depicting in the picture above is what typically happens when a hollow (toothed or diamond grit) file that is too small for the size of fret us used to try and introduce a crown to fret th…
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I can't seem to find the resource page

Looking for the resource page that had all the links on it. Along with the Amazon suggestion lists from various luthiers

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Ian Davlin
https://loothgroup.com/hub/?type=useful_links this is the resource page. you can find those on desktop on the righthand side where it says filters. We're going to make this slicker here in a bit. Here…
Ian Davlin DiscussionSuggestion Box / Bug Reporting

The New Website Bug Reporting and Wishlist Thread.

Please, if you see something, say something. If you want something, ask. Bugs, wishlists etc. Stack them up here.

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Inside this content window or "container" is the green radio button "SUGGESTION BOX" supposed to be a clickable link? I've seen some of them are and most of them are not. IMPLICATION: Cannot see a…