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the new guitar needs the slots to come down quite a bit (like most new guitars)
do these files look good enough?
also recently I bought some used guitars, 2 have significant fretwear, but not enough for me to think of paying for a professional fret dressing - I don't know what half the tools are in this kit, but AFAIK you need a much bigger abrasive tool for levelling, then special files to shape the frets again?
what is that square block for in this kit?
But you can make your own with a bit of ingenuity... start with a junior hacksaw blade. Snap the front end off (the end which the teeth point to), and then hammer it flat on a hard anvil to remove the 'set' of the teeth, especially at the broken end. Then draw it backwards through folded sandpaper to round off the corners of the teeth. With that, and a bit of care when you use it, you should be able to cut narrow string slots *reasonably* well - but it actually needs a lot more skill than proper nut files to do a great job, you need to develop the right kind of 'rolling' motion so you produce a smoothly rounded slot of roughly the right width.
I did actually use several of these successfully for several years even after I'd started doing professional tech work, but I have to say that proper files are one of the better investments you can make. I recently replaced an old worn-out set - you don't notice them wearing of course, since it happens so slowly - and the difference was huge, well worth what they cost.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
that sounds great as a one-off, but if I buy some more cheaper guitars I'd like to be able to do this myself more often, so could be worth getting the right tools
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Now I need to be brave and try them out!
the bigger black one is just a standard decorator's abrasive sponge