When I removed the old frets, I carefully kept them in the same order, so that I knew the higher end ones would fit. Each fret needed a slight curvature to be put back into it and I did this very carefully by supporting one edge in the vice and a bit of finger pressure on the other end, moving progressively down the length of it. Not conventional but it seemed to work OK.
The method of installing is to tap each edge in to the slot to locate it and then work from the centre back out to the edges. Then I snipped off the fret wire close to the edge of the board, using the modified flush-cutting pincers. I supported the neck really well under each location.
The next specialist tool I've bought is this fret hammer. It has a hard and soft face and the white face is a kind of "dead-weight". Not sure how that works, but they went in well!
All of the frets now installed and glinting in the sun!
Once all done, I filed the fret ends level with the fingerboard and then put a bevel on the end of each one so my fingers don’t catch on them.
When I’ve put a straight edge along the tops of the frets they all seem fairly well aligned, so hopefully this recycling experiment will be successful.
Couldn't resist refitting the neck again to see how it looks 😀
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