Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

I have a CNC, but have never used it to cut fret slots. The reason why is that it is very slow and as you already said the small bits you need to use tend to break. It makes much more sense to cut a template on the CNC and use the template on the table saw to cut the slots. I can cut slots on a fre...

I use the CNC and it's awesome. It took a while to program, but now I put a blank on the CNC bed, hit start, and come back a couple hours later to a ready to use fretboard. All inlays done, frets cut, radius shaped, perimeter cut, etc.