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About StewMac Fret Arbor Press System
A fretting factory on your workbench! Our veteran fretting experts developed this unique system for speed and accuracy. You won't find a more thoughtfully designed and efficient arbor-based system! It's far more versatile than generic tool catalog arbors. It can fret an entire unglued fingerboard, a bolt-on neck, and most of an attached neck, quickly and consistently. Why press frets? Faster and more consistent than hammering (and a lot quieter!), arbor-press fretting is preferred by many guitarmakers. Pressed-in frets have fewer loose ends and more uniform heights, because there's none of the recoil produced by hammer blows. The complete system includes: Heavy-duty cast steel arbor press Self-leveling pressing caul Five radiused/grooved brass inserts for the caul Table with fence attachment Hardwood neck support Instructions Designed and refined by StewMac fretting experts. Four interchangeable 2-1/2" grooved brass inserts match standard fretwire radii (7.25", 9.5", 12" and 16"). The arbor has an adjustable steel pinion for firm pressure. Built-in lever return spring. A StewMac exclusive, the pressing caul won't fall down and dent your work—makes fretting much easier and less cumbersome. Pinion locking screw. Locks the caul down for clamping a glued-in fret (a handy feature suggested by luthier Bryan Galloup). Versatile table attachment. The system includes our 24-3/8" x 3" table attachment with fence, for fretting unglued fingerboards.. Faster fretting for production work. The table fence has a retractable indexing pin that works with the notches in our Dual Fret Scale Templates. A real time-saver! Fret glued-on fingerboards, too. Simply remove the table and use the contoured 12" x 2-3/4" x 1" cork-lined hardwood neck support included with the system.
