An ebony billet turned into several fretboards. When working with solid wood, always make more than you need… you know what happens otherwise.
I cut the blanks from a billet I acquired from a woodworker in the state of Washington. He has had it on hand for many years. Thanks for keeping this ebony safe and allowing me to take it to its next form.
Here are the rough sawn blanks.
Ebony Fretboard Blanks
Blanks with fret grooves.
Fretted Ebony Fretboards
Here, a blank is ready to be sawed to maximum width.
And here is a blank with the taper cut.
Tapered Ebony F-5 Fretboard
Finally, several blanks are tapered and ready for final shaping.
1923 Replica F-5 Ebony Fretboards ready for shaping.
Next is shaping and dishing the fretboards before binding.
very nice work,