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FARCrow replied to the thread Drilling neck hole without a drill press.Thanks for sharing your experience and I'm glad that worked for you! I actually ordered both but the drilling block took longer to... -
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Drilling block worked perfectly for me. Of course I had to drill only one hole. -
FARCrow replied to the thread Drilling neck hole without a drill press.And plays even better! Thanks Bill 😊
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Lookin’ good! Bill, tgo
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FARCrow replied to the thread Drilling neck hole without a drill press.I used Monty's Montypresso for the fingerboard (it also worked nice on the back of the neck if you just want a richer more vibrant...
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Coward! Jk jk. That’s a beautiful guitar, I would’ve thought twice about whipping out the hand drill too (at least until my impatience...
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FARCrow replied to the thread Drilling neck hole without a drill press.No argument there 🤣 I hate drilling and whenever I had to do it, it rarely went well (usually because I get frustrated and impatient...
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FARCrow replied to the thread Drilling neck hole without a drill press.Update: I got my manual drill press & vice today and while they were flimsy, they were good enough to do the job. I used @aarontunes...
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FARCrow replied to the thread Drilling neck hole without a drill press.Thanks I'll check 'em out. No doubt these things can be done on the fly by experienced luthiers or tinkerers as Aaron demonstrated, but...
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You should check out Milehouse guitars on YouTube if you want to see a luthier winging nearly every step of a scratch build. It’s fun to...
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FARCrow replied to the thread Drilling neck hole without a drill press.Thanks for that reminder & tip Hodgo 🙏 Thanks a lot for that video Aaron. Very appropriate that you're doing the opposite here (using...
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I've drilled neck holes by hand, with a hand drill many times. Here's one example, with a Fender Am Pro II, no less! (Neck stuff starts...
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That looks perfect! And the above suggestion to mark the intended depth with tape on the drill bit is great advice. The “wing it”...
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I’m going to sound like a contrarian here but there’s no reason you couldn’t wing it, they don’t have to be perfectly straight to...
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FARCrow replied to the thread Drilling neck hole without a drill press.Thanks for the explanation and recommendations. Unfortunately I can't order those powered drill presses online (power compatibility and...
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