cacibi Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Just discovered yesterday that the throat on my 9" drill press is not deep enough to drill the through-body string holes on my tele body. Just wondering if there are any hand-tool options or tips for getting these drilled through cleanly without ponying up another $180 bucks for a 12" press. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genbloke Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Hi mate, I don't have a drill press full stop! I don't really have room for one so I did a search for options and came up with this: Wolfcraft thingy! A pdf can be downloaded from the site for more details. Genbloke ps I havn't tried one of these yet so I can't vouch on it being any good. I have tried other wolfcraft stuff before and I think the quality is OK. They are more DIY that industrial build quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacibi Posted October 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Perfect! That looks like just the thing! Thanks very much for your reply.....much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawDust_Junkie Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Another option is to make a template for the holes you want to drill using a piece of maple or other hardwood on the drill press. This guaruntees the holes are square and aligned properly, then mount this piece of wood to your Tele body with clamps and drill the holes with your hand drill. I think someone else here did this. I believe it was Guitarfrenzy in his Making of a Strat tutorial. Here is a link to what I am talking about. I think its a simple and inexpensive way around this particular obstacle. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...pic=9113&st=135 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddler68 Posted October 25, 2004 Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Another option is to make a template for the holes you want to drill using a piece of maple or other hardwood on the drill press. This guaruntees the holes are square and aligned properly, then mount this piece of wood to your Tele body with clamps and drill the holes with your hand drill. I have tried this method and it works quite well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacibi Posted October 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2004 Seems like it would be tricky to get the template aligned properly and that you'd also need a much longer drill bit to get through the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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