Modified Feed Spool to have two sandpaper slots: one for 400 grit or lower and one for 600 grit or higher. Modified Take Up Spool slots to hold 600 grit and higher papers without slipping.
Updated files are available in .zip download. https://dev2.loothgroup.com/loothprint/fretsander/Images
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I'm loving the original version, can't wait to try this one out!! Thanks!!!
Massimiliano Monterosso Maxmonte GuitarsLoothprintTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsLite
I'm fairly new to CNC and am attempting to set up for a fretboard carve. I'm using a one year old ShopBot Desktop Max. This is the first I've found a problem like this. I made some practice blanks and thought I had everything the way I wanted it until I measured me fret distances. Using calipers from the nut to the center for the first fret slot I get 1.399" and I'm expecting 1.4346. I brought up the file and used the measuring too…
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9 times out of ten these issues aren’t the software it’s the CNC itself or order of operations. Something might be binding on your machine causing one of the 3 axis to be out of whack. Im assuming you…
Ian DavlinLoothprintTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsLite
I have access to a nova thunderlaser 5-something and I saw a video of somebody cutting out a fret board as well as the fret slots, as well as an entire neck out of a blank with a laser cutter, and I’m wondering if this is a reasonable thing to do and if anybody has experience with the kind of shrinkage that would probably happen with such a deep cut in the neck blank. Any insight at all is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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Belated reply — I really struggled with maintaining verticality on my cuts when I did my first guitar with help from one. The fret slots were very V shaped you'd need to clean them up manually. Luckily…
Brett Bailey Contriver GuitarsLoothcutsTools, Spaces, Robots, and WidgetsLite
@member@member I was going to print your miter box but it appears like it's cut all the way through (the saw slots go all the way through). Am I missing something? In the pictures it looks like the three sections are connected. But this is what it looks like in my slicer (from the bottom).
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Weird. I did make the slots recess a bit so I wouldn’t cut into the plastic once through the piece being cut. But it is one solid print, not 3 pieces. I originally made it with miters both was with on…
I had to pull some frets on a neck I built to straighten it out 😣 given that the neck is bound, cleaning up the slots with the little StewMac fret saw with the red handle was a serious chore I’d like to avoid doing ever again. I’ve heard the little Japanese fret saw Stew Mac sells is nice to have but also I’ve always been shy about putting a Dremel on the board to get the job done and I think I’d like to try that out. Curious about othe…
