zztush
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Aloha, Booli!
Thank you for the link of nut and saddle sander. I am afraid that I have already done this job before your information. But I've put it in my wish list. It is bit pricey to me. I wonder if we could find similar item very cheap in aliexpress.
I sanded the first string side of side face (d in the figure) a bit in order to fit it in the nut slot. We always need to sand unimportant side. Side e is more important than side d, because side e face to the fret board edge. And top is important side and bottom is unimportant side. We sand bottom. C is the sanded one and B is the original one. I sanded it until the 1st and 6th string has appropriate clearance (see the circle in the figure). I set the clearance almost zero on them this time. Acoustic guitar (in this case) has radius fretboard, I sometimes need minor adjustment for it in nut grooves. But most ukulele are straight and normally I just sand the bottom and am ok. If we are very careful and check several times, we can manage the bottom very accurate with only sandpaper (see the figures).
Why I lower the action as much as I could was that I wanted to play this hammer on more easily in arpeggio. And I am very happy to play it now and it turns to my favorite instrument.
Thank you for the link of nut and saddle sander. I am afraid that I have already done this job before your information. But I've put it in my wish list. It is bit pricey to me. I wonder if we could find similar item very cheap in aliexpress.
I sanded the first string side of side face (d in the figure) a bit in order to fit it in the nut slot. We always need to sand unimportant side. Side e is more important than side d, because side e face to the fret board edge. And top is important side and bottom is unimportant side. We sand bottom. C is the sanded one and B is the original one. I sanded it until the 1st and 6th string has appropriate clearance (see the circle in the figure). I set the clearance almost zero on them this time. Acoustic guitar (in this case) has radius fretboard, I sometimes need minor adjustment for it in nut grooves. But most ukulele are straight and normally I just sand the bottom and am ok. If we are very careful and check several times, we can manage the bottom very accurate with only sandpaper (see the figures).
Why I lower the action as much as I could was that I wanted to play this hammer on more easily in arpeggio. And I am very happy to play it now and it turns to my favorite instrument.
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