I've been re-fretting an Ag-1 neck with larger, stainless steel frets. Using a radius block from pitbull, I sanded down the fretboard to remove the chips made by removing the frets and in doing so, made the fret slots shallower. I have a fret saw and have been trying to cut the slots deep enough but I'm having trouble getting it right. I have a spare neck I'm testing on but no matter how I try to saw, the frets aren't sitting deep enough, the crown sticking up from the fretboard too much.
I've tried sawing deeper, sawing less and smashing it in with the hammer but it doesn't seem to do much. The neck pictured is my spare, already damaged neck but the result is very similar on the actual neck. What should I do? Am I doing something wrong?
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