Rounded nut files for stringed instruments
AssigneeStewart-McDonald Manufacturing Company
InventorsJay Hostetler, Don Macrostie, Todd Sams
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Abstract
The diamond tipped nut filing tool includes a body and a diamond tipped file. The diamond tipped file may be disposed along one end of the body. The body has a longitudinal length and at least half of the length includes a circumference so that at least one half of the longitudinal length is rounded.
Claims13
A nut filing tool for a stringed instrument, the nut filing tool comprising a body and a diamond tipped file, wherein the diamond tipped file has a rounded surface the diameter of which corresponds to the size of string to be placed within a nut of the stringed instrument, wherein upon engagement of the nut filing tool with the nut of the stringed instrument a slot with a substantially rounded recess formed therein.
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A plurality of nut filing tools for a stringed instrument, each nut filing tool comprising a body and a diamond tipped file that defines a rounded surface the diameter of which corresponds to a string to be placed within a nut of the stringed instrument, wherein when each nut filing tool engages with the nut of the stringed instrument a plurality of substantially rounded slots are formed, each slot having a different size opening.
A method of making a nut filing tool, the method comprising:
- obtaining an axially elongate device defining substantially rounded body;
- coating at least one end of the substantially rounded body with a metal plating;
- depositing diamond particles onto the metal plating to form a diamond tipped file having a rounded surface the circumference of which comprises a diameter corresponding to the size of string to be placed within a nut of the stringed instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.