OK, so I cut the fret slots last night. I made this mickey mouse jig which kind of did the job, but I got a bit lax at one point and my concentration lapsed. I didn't tighten up my thingy quite enough onto the whatsit and it slipped. This in itself was no problem, but attempting to realign and carry on was. The bottom line is that one slot is wider than it should be. Best fix? mix up some glue and sawdust, fill it then recut when hard?
It's not the end of the world as this is (probably) now a practice fretboard, but I may as well try and fix it.
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yeah, not ideal but you have two options for a fix
Fill with veneer and recut or fill with dust and glue and recut
Obviously a fret that is seated in glue and sawdust isn'y really as reliable as you want but it will be fine for practice
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You can do superglue, certainly if cosmetic. But I wouldn't here.
I would also make sure you glue this fret in, if you glue it in with epoxy it should still be strong enough to use. There was an old refret technique which involved making the slots a bit wider and epoxying the frets in. It fell out of favour but could save the board here
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