@norriemac Beautiful wood, always great to read about a 'fix it'

Hi, Recently I was cutting frets slots with a jig I made myself, but I made a mistake and cutted a fret slot in a wrong position. ¿ Is there a solution to repair this wrong slot or do I have to use a ...

@mario Hey Mario, hope you are well. It’s ok, don’t panic, you can fix this mistake. You can fill the slot or slots with some thin veneer, glue them in. You could also fill the slot with wood filler ...

@mario Where are you in the world? If you are in the UK, maybe @darrenking could suggest a suitable veneer maybe. 👍

@boo Attachment : IMG_20220119_185132.jpg Here is a picture. It was the first time I was testing my jig, and in the slot nº16, I thought I was in the right position but in fact the fretboard wa...

Hi @mario, If it were me, and I had only just started working on the fretboard, I think I would decide to start again. It will be almost impossible to repair this without it being visible and there is...

@mario I like this piece of ebony, and would like to repair it, so I appreciate your comments, where can I find a suitable veener? Do you have any offcuts from your ebony that you can sand a pile o...

Hi @darrenking , In the case I buy a new fretboard. Do you recommend me a way to "recycle" the first fretboard. Can I use it for another purpose ?

@mario Wlll the fretboard have edge binding. If so and you have spare material in the length then you could cut it through at the 15th fret and make the fretboard in two pieces discarding the mistake....

@rocknroller912 It seems a good idea. When you said : "put a piece of veneer between the two lengths when gluing which will simulate the 15th fret slot" Do you mean that I should glue a small piece o...

@marion I meant to set the veneer in loose but gluing would probably be better, leaving a small gap at the ends to fill with dust and glue. This can be made to look invisible with care. I would make ...

Posted by: @mario In the case I buy a new fretboard. Do you recommend me a way to "recycle" the first fretboard. Can I use it for another purpose ? @mario So you are buying a new fretboard, that’s f...

I see two options. Cut a filler strip from the end of the fretboard that's the right width to fit the slot, (it'll be fragile as heck) and glue it in. Cut the fingerboard all the way through the mispl...

Posted by: @mario Do you recommend me a way to "recycle" the first fretboard. When something similar happened to me I used the damaged fretboard to repair the mistakes I made in the next one! ǹ...

Posted by: @wolframmalukker Cut the fingerboard all the way through the misplaced slot, lay it on a sheet of wax paper, and glue the two halves together, then proceed as it were a single piece. I am...

Or: cut the next slot where it should be then remove wood between the slots with a router to the depth of the slots and patch the gap with a piece of ebony and epoxy and sand the patch to the shape of...

Posted by: @jamesalexandermcmillan Or: cut the next slot where it should be then remove wood between the slots with a router to the depth of the slots and patch the gap with a piece of ebony and epox...

Thank you for all the contributions, you have very good ideas.

Hi @mario hope you are doing well. I think using veneer is the best option.

Thanks @siddharthmehta Since the last posts I decided to correct it with the suggestion of @jamesalexandermcmillan It worked well, only a thin line can be visible from the sides, but it is almost invi...