The algorithm just gifted this excellent video to me. I made a cheap Tele kit that has nice wood. I’m going back and replacing all the rest of the “not wood” I didn’t do for the original build except the frets, including a string-through conversion. I’m just very patiently waiting for my pickups to test fit everything. This jig is much more reliable than anything I’ve read, and a lot like shop jigs I use for normal woodworking. Brilliant. I may just have to over engineer it a bit more 😂
Daaaaaang! This is too good! The concept is so totally simple and perfect, I love it! I tried sooooo hard to figure out how to do this right, and it did turn out decently, but your method is all I'll ever use in the future. So easy!
This is an excellent video, thanks. I am one of those people who has had endless problems with this, mainly because my drill press doesn't have the throat depth to reach where the drilling has to happen. Also, if the top of your guitar has any kind of contour (or even irregularity) your reference surface is more difficult to work with. But the index pin is definitely the way to go. Thanks again.
I take a small set pin to make a dent in the center of the hole…then 1/8” drill bit to start with…then the size of drill bit for steing sleeve…work Everytime…Then I use a counter sink for Ferrell lip..
The best way to drill holes on a guitar is to use a plunge router, don't use standard bits, I use a Collette for a CNC router and extra long 1/8 spiral router bit
Tried it and it worked perfect. I've done 5 guitars so far and they all turned out perfect. Told my friend about it and he tries it and it worked perfect. There's a well known Lutheir in my town and this is the way he does it also.
Wrong I have a fixture that the router bolts in it is about the same thing as a drill press, but there is no vibration and a spiral router bit make a clean hole
I actually found an even easier way. If you mount a piece of wood, about a s thick as the guitar minus an inch or so, fixed to the drill table, you can drill a hole with the diameter of you string holes in it - deep enough that you can stick a fitting drill bit into it to use as a reference. This also assures that the drill position and the reference drill bit are automatically adjusted to be exactly on top of each other.
Many reasons. A plunge router is not meant to drill. It's to route. There is also zero methods to get the lines up by doing it by hand with a plunge router