Bargeloob's STA-1

[stan]

to recut the slots you needa proper fret saw, or one with a very thin kerf. i've got one with a depth stop, and happy to post it to you as a loaner. Got it from Realparts I think. If you have slots left, simply use those as your guide. Wouldnt be too hard for someone like you to make a mitre box to keep it all square.
Two best ways to get them back in i can think of are - use a fret caul (make or buy) in a drill press, or budget and works just fine, use a soft dead blow hammer - one of those ones with urethane at one end and brass on the other: get it from your favourite green shed.

Nice fix up job mate

[bargeloobs]

to recut the slots you needa proper fret saw, or one with a very thin kerf. i've got one with a depth stop, and happy to post it to you as a loaner. Got it from Realparts I think. If you have slots left, simply use those as your guide. Wouldnt be too hard for someone like you to make a mitre box to keep it all square.
Two best ways to get them back in i can think of are - use a fret caul (make or buy) in a drill press, or budget and works just fine, use a soft dead blow hammer - one of those ones with urethane at one end and brass on the other: get it from your favourite green shed.

Nice fix up job mate

Hey thanks for the offer Stan, I got a saw the other day, the missus bought me an early Christmas present :-)
So I just need to re cut the slot ever so slightly deeper than the fret tang??
In regards to getting them back in, I've actually got a hand operated press for putting lids on bottles, i wonder if that could somehow be re purposed into the right tool for the job, I don't own a dead blow hammer (although it's on the long list of wants).
I'm having second thoughts about reusing those old frets now, this is bearing in mind that they were knocked into a wonky fingerboard AND I leveled them. What would you guys do, reuse or replace? I'm totally open to suggestions.