Dwain Wilder
Dwain Wilder
@dwain-wilder
5 years ago
55 posts

Saw this discussion a little late. Was looking around after posting a fret calculator I designed for my own dulcimer making. You can find it at https://bearmeadow.com/calculators/fret-calculator.html

I just posted an article on this forum discussing some of the problems it helps dulcimer makers solve.

Ken Hulme
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
5 years ago
2,111 posts

Yep.  The Stew Mac calculator is pretty good. 

I also use WFret a free program from the Musical Instrument Makers Forum.   I like WFret because it allows you to print out a paper pattern that you can tack-glue to the fretboard and literally cut-on-the-dotted-lines, rather than mis-transferring numbers from a spreadsheet to wood.  

For Just Intonated fret spacing on my Traditional dulcimers with staple frets, I use the calculator developed by Rob Reinsal here several years ago.  It's discussed here:  https://fotmd.com/strumelia/group_discuss/2457/latest-ji-calculator


updated by @ken-hulme: 08/11/19 07:53:35PM