This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
Get a small piece of a broken keyhole-saw, and insert it, teeth outwards, in a block of wood; this will cut a groove of uniform depth. The projection of the Teeth must be correctly determined beforehand. The frets may be made of stout brass wire hammered carefully so as to partly flatten it.
 
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