“Your parcel is on its way” Muhahhahahhahaa! As you were...

f you were able to use a step drill you could drill the 8mm and 10mm at the same time and guarantee concentricity. @Robin I also thought of using stepdrills, and I have some of those laying around. T...

unfortunately top loading tele bridges are relatively rare (I haven't found one that also has individual saddles) so through stringing may be impossible to avoid. @jonhodgson This one is both, you ca...

@koendb Thats indeed the issue, the shaft of the ferules is one thing, but for me, what screws it up is that little lip that you need to cut out, to make the ferrules sit flush with the body. for me ...

@jonhodgson that’s a great idea, it absolutely does!

If you're using those dowel cutters, why not do the wider hole first? The "brad point" will leave an indentation at the bottom of the hole in the centre, is that not enough to centre the narrower cutt...

To make sure you have them all on a perfect line, you just need to make sure to use guide rails, and glide the router between these rails. you can check well enough if the router bit ends up in exact...

just a thought about this the ferrules I had, had a lip round them so you’d need to cut a wider recess too with a larger bit if you wanted them flush. Thats indeed the issue, the shaft of the ferules...

You could even make sure the ferules go in straight with the 8mm bit, no matter what. @koendb just a thought about this the ferrules I had, had a lip round them so you’d need to cut a wider recess to...

The router is actually a good idea @koendb I have them occasionally 😛 As suggested before I’d clamp the router down to the body with a wide base plate after aligning it if I was doing this on...

@Tej, The router is actually a good idea! You just need to be very careful and have a right sized bit I guess.It is ideal, because you can really accurately place it and almost no chance of tear-out. ...

What was your methodology for placing the holes so evenly? @jonhodgson A square and a sharp pencil, with a bradawl for punching the starter holes. I find it helps to centre the bradawl on the mark if...

@tej That's very tidy. What was your methodology for placing the holes so evenly? I'm also looking at a Tele style build, and unfortunately top loading tele bridges are relatively rare (I haven't foun...

take no notice of @Boo, it doesn't have to be a solid finish in pink flake, other colours are available @tv101Absolutely! There's red flake and blue flake and purple flake, all sorts of choices!

@koendb This was the result of a test with using the router dowel cutter, it’s a soft start router so I got away without clamping it for the test so arguably could be marginally more accurate! Atta...

I still find multiple "learning opportunities" on most builds ... @tv101 my main aim though is when it happens to be sure that I solve the problem first time without making new problems as I’ve done ...

Not that a single thing will go wrong of course, I think the chances of a single thing going wrong are minimal @Tej 😉 I still find multiple "learning opportunities" on most builds ...

Any job that "I'll just do this quickly" generally turns out to take much much longer! @tv101 yeah for my proper build I have to keep in mind I’m not working to anyone’s schedule but my own and that ...

@koendb other thought I had for this is if you get a loooong drill bit and make a thick drill guide from some hard wood on the pillar drill and then clamp this to the body and use that with the long b...

This was my one chance to fix this and I’m still not happy with the result but it was all from my own lack of preparation and rushing, The number of times I've had that experience @Tej ... Any job ...