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I dont have a press but I might be able to burrow through my dads garage to his, although I'm probably leaning towards tepid whacking.
I'm not building owt, just fancied refretting my childhood guitar and I have a 90s washburn Ive done a few things to that has always needed better frets, theres about 6 dead notes, but I'm slowly falling in love with it.
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christianSpaceman
Mine is the crimson guitars one - the dead blow version. I just weighed it and it's 225g including the handle.
I don't use it much any more though, I prefer pressing them in. There's something a bit stressful about whacking so close to the finished fretboard with a hammer, and they rarely go in and seat as nicely as you'd like.
If you have a drill press, you may be able to clamp them in - here's the stew mac version of the tool, but guitars and wood (and other places) sell the same thing much cheaper:
https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-and-supplies/tools-by-job/tools-for-fretting/pressing/fret-press-caul-with-5-fret-press-inserts.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=2021-07-gp&pref_currency=P&shipcalc=UK&gclid=Cj0KCQjwub-HBhCyARIsAPctr7zDfbvVVx4yMy6KX1YBcpCPCrxz4L0TLYovYjvI7-8V-kgMSV4hQ8MaAg1pEALw_wcB
What you building?