The nut blanks are 5mm thick and the nut slot is between 3.1 and 3.6mm wide. All I could find in the Fender sized bracket were 3mm.
Anyway, I just ruined my first one by cutting one of the slots way too deep. I'm not sure how it happened - I think (embarrassingly) I got my 0.008" and 0.008mm feeler gauges mixed up.. dagnamt.. it's been a long day at the office. Deffo good advice to practice this.
The things I learnt for the next go:
- Get the height much closer to the real height before starting to cut the slots. I had to cut through way too much material before I was in the right ball park.
- File in the direction of the head stock and not towards the body - I only scratched the board twice before I worked that one out. This also has the bonus of trending toward a downhill slope towards the headstock - which I think is desirable.
- Don't do this when you're tired
I've hacksawed up another blank so I can reduce the thickness tomorrow - Then by the weekend I might have something approaching a usable nut.
Last edited by Groovyman32; 30-04-2021 at 02:11 AM.
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