Sunday was a day for more drilling. I did originally intend to do this procedure by hand with a doweling jig, but as I didn't already have a jig and didn't wanted to go to the trouble and expense to buy or make one, I opted to use my drill press - a little 12" Delta. With a bit of MDF and some clamps I got a simple setup that worked adequately. I used a 13/32" brad point for the first half of the holes to avoid chipping at entry and then switched to a normal twist bit, similar sized, to finish it of. As the peg head is slightly smaller than a normal sized guitar, I was afraid that otherwise the long 'lips' of the brad points would have drilled unnecessarily deep holes. Probably a rather unorthodox approach but it worked.
In retrospect, I didn't take into account where the pegs themselves were sitting on the plates. I assumed they would have been evenly seated at top and bottom but, as I found out they are slightly off set. Luckily they were just able to fit within the top of the head but if they had been the lyre variety, I don't think things would have worked out.
In retrospect, I didn't take into account where the pegs themselves were sitting on the plates. I assumed they would have been evenly seated at top and bottom but, as I found out they are slightly off set. Luckily they were just able to fit within the top of the head but if they had been the lyre variety, I don't think things would have worked out.
DRILLING TUNER PEG HOLES
TUNER PEG HOLES 01
TUNER PEG HOLES 02
HEAD WITH DRY FITTED TUNERS
TUNER PEG HOLES 01
TUNER PEG HOLES 02
HEAD WITH DRY FITTED TUNERS
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