Tristans FV-1

[tcjbrown]

I suppose that was too easy! But yeah, I thought doing it from scratch would be a fun and challenging experience. I'll boil it tomorrow and give it a week to dry/degrease.

[dingobass]

DONT BOIL IT!!!!!!!!!
You are best to leave it to "cure" naturally. Boiling cooks the bone and weakens it.
Try and find an old bone that has been sitting around in the sun for a year.
I place my dogs old bones on an ants nest to clean them and then hang them in the chainlink fence for a year to be bleached by the sun, looks strange but it gives the best results.

[tcjbrown]

Okeydoke. That shouldn't be too hard. Nobody wants a weak bone!

[WeirdBits]

Quote from dingobass on June 15, 2013, 17:34
[...] hang them in the chainlink fence [...]

... keeps away visitors too!

[dingobass]

Also drives the dogs insane

[tcjbrown]

Well we have four dogs and already have enough insanity
Thanks for the nut blank DB, I'm a patient guy and i'll let that bone do it's thing.
It'll certainly be a better idea than boiling it and maybe my patience will give it better tone

[tcjbrown]

Hey people, I've noticed that the smallest nut file in the stewmac nut making kit I ordered is a 0.012' and I want to use a set of ten - forty-sixes. Will that cause a problem? I'm making up another order for a couple of crowning files anyway, so if that is an issue I can get another correctly sized file.

[keloooe]

It will be fine, it's actually better if you use a file that is a few thousandths larger than the string width just in case you decide to try a different string gauge!

[tcjbrown]

Thanks mate, just wanted to make sure. Just realized I didn't need to order a crowning file as the fretting kit already has one. Derp.

[Brendan]

There were alternates that AJ was looking into that had a different range of sizes - Japanese files from memory.