shortscale maple fretboard with 21 fret slots and nut slot

shortscale maple fretboard with 21 fret slots and nut slot fret slot width The tang has small bumps or barbs on its sides The traditional way of affixing the frets to the fretboard is to cut the slots to the width of the tang without fret slot saw I leave about 18 gap on the tang Easiest to cover the slot with binding on the fretboard if you don't have CNC to stop short on the cut

fret slot saw A slot width of 6mm is standard The tang is always wider than the slot, especially where it

fret slot depth It's hard to tell from the picture, but I'm guessing you're around 132 wide on the slot That's ~ 031, and the blades for fret slotting are Their tang width can vary from 020 to beyond 023 The best thing to do is know what type of fretwire you are using and get measurements