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07-25-2010, 09:27 PM
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when drilling a wire hole in a pickup cavity, don't just push the drill as hard as you can, otherwise it may come out the back. and save the pieces and dust that comes out so you can at least fill it to where it doesn't look like you're a complete tard who can't operate a drill.
anyone asks for pics and i'll kill 'em! 
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07-25-2010, 09:27 PM
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07-25-2010, 09:57 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | I b'leeve you left out the semi-obligatory "Don't ask how I know this."
And because I esteem your contributions, I'm not asking.
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07-25-2010, 10:11 PM
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07-25-2010, 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM 
anyone asks for pics and i'll kill 'em!
| Nothing to see here, everybody move along. 
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07-25-2010, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleFluffy sawdust and epoxy | i'm using wood glue, but the idea is the same.
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07-25-2010, 11:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit | | | whoops... Sorry for your misfortune. |
07-25-2010, 11:56 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | eh, it's ok...i actually wired the controls up myself and i have strong solders for once, although maybe not the most tidy. and as beaten up as that body is, the hole is probably the least of my worries.
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07-25-2010, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM i'm using wood glue, but the idea is the same. | Wood glue shrinks when it dries epoxy does not, use epoxy.
Also stickers are your friend... we all do something like this once... |
07-26-2010, 12:57 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Mudfuzz Wood glue shrinks when it dries epoxy does not, use epoxy.
Also stickers are your friend... we all do something like this once... | lol! ya, i guess so...man, this body has been to hell and back! been routed, sanded, been 4 or 5 different colors...but that's the first drilling hole i've ever poked in it.
anyway, point taken about epoxy and shrinkage. not so much the sticker, though
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07-26-2010, 01:00 AM
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07-26-2010, 01:16 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Denver, CO. | | At least you didn’t rout a control cavity on the wrong side, not that I would have ever made such a mistake. 
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07-26-2010, 01:18 AM
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07-26-2010, 03:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: D'Shaw | | It's a "mojo vent" to let out the bad mojo. Just don't make it too big or the larger good mojo gets out too. 
I use a "drill stop flag" made of masking tape to prevent such incidents from occuring.
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07-27-2010, 09:57 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Norton, MA | | | I did exactly this on the one and only bass I ever built. I used a toothpick and some wood glue and it was never seen again! Good luck!
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07-27-2010, 10:02 AM
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07-27-2010, 10:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Central, PA | | | Wow that sucks. I don't know if I could take it if I did that to one of mine..
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07-27-2010, 10:26 AM
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07-30-2010, 02:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Austin, TX | | | I feel your pain, getting the angle right for a pickup wire is an art form. I have you beat though...
I had a custom bass I had built, and was modifying for through body stringing. I thought, well, I'll just hold it on the drill press table, I don't need a clamp...
Needless to say, the drill bit I chose (wrong type, you should use a brad point, and this was a DeWalt drill bit, which are the worst on the planet) grabbed the wood, exploding out the back of the body, spun the FINISHED body out of my hand, smashed me in the solar plexus at about 2000 rpm before bashing to a halt on the drill press column, still imapled on the bit, which was now burning into the hole at said 2000 rpm.
Exquisite figured mahogany body, bookmatched maple front....
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