Step 6: Killer Driller
Well, as you can imagine, after the lid-fitting-drama of the previous step, I was all-a-buzz and ready to move on. Next on my list then, was to drill the holes for the tuners and also I had to decide once and for all how I was going to fix the strings at the bottom of the guitar.
Grabbing an electric drill, I put the neck back in the workmate vice thing, and dug out a 5mm drill bit. Now I know this will be a little small, but I figured I could use a file to get it exactly right. I must admit I could immediately see why those press drill things are so popular as trying to get the drill into the wood vertically is a lot harder than you'd imagine. Making sure all three holes have the same angle about them is harder still. But drilled they were and I'm pleased to say that it didn't take too much more effort for the stem part of the tuners to fit in quite nicely.
Incidentally, I said before that I was going to use some electric machine heads that were left over from my guitar kit joys, but as it happens I forgot that I'd got some pretty and flowery acoustic ones I bought for some long forgotten reason, and so I have gone with them instead. They look better, which is as good a reason as any other, I reckon.
As for the thorny question of how we secure the strings at the base of the neck, I've decided to go with a hinge, so I'm going to pop along to Homebase tomorrow and see if they have a three-screw model that will fit the width of the neck. Whether that is a good idea or not, I'm really not sure, but then again, it is rare that I am.
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