Fret leveling

[watergunn]

Hi all.

I had question regarding the leveling of the frets.

I have used a radius sanding block from StewMac to level the frets out. I am sure they are no where near being level since it is only 4 inches long. But, so far so good. No buzzing!

I have been looking into ungrading and getting a 16 inch sanding beam.

Are there any recommendations from the group on these?

Thanks

[tippie53]

This may floor you but I only use the radius block to prep a board . Once there I use a diamond sharpening stone.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-Piece-Large-6 ... 3f21acda9f

Here is my process. I will mark the frets with black sharpie pen I use the coarse and follow the string lines and remove the ink , then I remark use the fined and work the whole board. Once the ink is all off you can sight down the fretboard and see the fretplane
Now I remark and use the crown file and leave just a fine line of ink. At this point I polish the frets using a fret board protector and cork with 2500 grit sand paper.

[watergunn]

Floored is right!!!

When you say you follow the string lines what do you mean? Just moving up and down the fret board?

What size radius block do you use?

[tippie53]

yup up and down then blend in.
I use mostly 16 inch blocks on the fretboards.

[watergunn]

How long is the block? 4", 8", longer?

[tippie53]

I am doing a compression fret this week and will try and take some photos for you so you can see my process. Keep it simple.