Finally fretted it.

Got to fretting today of the mahogany guitar I unoffcially titled "Abie," for my uncle Abraham, who gave me the piece of mahogany some 25 years ago. The piece of wood that has the numbers, held the frets while I fretted. Because I had prepared the frets for each fret slot, I had to keep them organized. It is so easy to mix things up. There's too much thinking going on to keep those things organized. For non-bound fretboards, that really isn't needed. I used a 25-lb. sack of buck shot under the neck. (About $12. at a gun store). That really absorbes lots of the shock from fretting. I was to use my drill press to press the frets in, but I forgot and resorted to my habit of hammering them in. I used a touch of Titebond on the fret tang tips, to give them a little more grab in the slot. That will be easy to remove with some heat, if I need to remove a fret.