You can also tighten frets after they are in place by slipping some sort of wedge underneath. I make little notched wedges in my shop, but a short section from the end of a round toothpick also works pretty well (although you can stab your self with the sharp end if you aren't careful...).
Guy -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of alexander Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:32 PM To: Christopher Stetson Cc: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: New frets A good needle-nose pliers, or locking surgical forceps (hemostat), to roll the tightening end on, instead of trying to pull it by fingers. Tremendous force can be applied this way (carefully, hopefully). After tightening squeeze the fret firmly with fingers, to keep it tight, while finishing the knot. Drying the fret material beforehand helps as well (hair drier or such). alexander r. On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:35:05 -0500 "Christopher Stetson" <cstet...@smith.edu> wrote: > Neat tricks, Sterling and Leonard! They've allowed me to yet again put > off refretting. > > While we're here, does any have any tricks for getting and/or keeping > the 1st fret really tight? > > Best to all, > > Chris. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
