Help, I'm about to f@#$%ck this up.

[jnewlyn]

Bought a Korina neck to go with my 1 piece Korina body and a brand new Floyd Rose. The bridge and body work was no problem. The neck had the shelf already cut and routed for the Floyd nut but the holes through the neck weren't drilled so I did that and though I got the spacing right, I think I may have messed up in the partial drilling on the back of the neck to make the heads of the screws sort of recessed. So for the time being, I can only use one of the mounting screws because the other one got sort of angled because I jacked up the partial drill with a bigger bit for that screw head to fit down into and it puts and angle to that screw which changes the angle that the screw goes through. If I take the other screw out and just use this one straight, the nut is off line. Some help with this would be super cool.

The other problem I have is the nut is 9.87 miles to high off the fret board. I had recently built a brass nut for my other strat and did the filing and shaping myself for that but in this case, I don't think that I can alter the nut because one, there are threads that you may mess up for the mounting screws and two, this is steel. Much much harder than brass and seemingly very difficult. So, am I right to assume that I'm gonna have to mess with more wood here?

Thanks guys.

[vanhalen5150]

As far as the nut height goes, do not file the bottom of the floyd. Your better of lowering the shelf itself. You slowly lower it by either using a fine square wood file (wide works better), if you dont have router skills. Just keep it flat,and continue checking for the height you want. I've done many times and it does work.
As for the back with the bad mounting screw hole. The first thing you should have done was use a drill press. The roundness of the neck makes it very difficult to drill straight. So, find someone with a drill press, and redo the hole. It may look a little different but it will be effective. Because of the radius of your neck you may have to put 2 long skinny shims (under along each side touching the frets) on the drill press table to make sure it is square and to not make it roll one way or the other while redrilling. This is a simple solution with just using simple tools. Ive put floyds on guitars before using just files and a drill press. Its looks professional, and you'd never know the difference.

[jnewlyn]

Hey man, thanks for your response. I actually found and old guy here in town who has a machine shop. He looked at the Floyd nut and my guitar. After I explained to this nice old guy what I was after, he to the nut and in 5 min's, absolutely nailed it dead on the first time. Unbelievable.

Now about the bad hole. Are you saying to fill it with wood putty or some wood filler and then re-drill or re drill as is. I get the part about the drill press. Yes, I should have done that and, in fact will, to re do it but I'm assuming that you're saying to fill it first.

Now where's that thread on how to intonate this thing? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[jcmjmp]

Now about the bad hole. Are you saying to fill it with wood putty or some wood filler and then re-drill or re drill as is.

Ouch! No! STOP!

You will need to put glue in a wood dowel (same wood is prefered) in there and re-drill properly.

[vanhalen5150]

Yup, always use a wood plug. Putty is for windows and boob jobs. I tend to use a mixed epoxy for things like this, as it does not shrink around the hole and has a better bond. Let the thing dry well for a day or two and then cut/remove the excess of the plug. Sand down to the neck and drill a small pilot hole straight through from the other side this will ensure that your new hole lines up properly.
If you haven't already attempted anything, post some pictures first. Helps to know what we are dealing with here.

[jnewlyn]

Cool. I get it now. I guess it will be a little tricky because two holes were drilled. The smaller one for the screw to go through and the larger one on the back of the neck that lets the head of the screw recess some. Actually, I really only need to plug the bigger one. Is that right. It's the one I messed up. The smaller one was drilled straight. This I know. So if I plug the bigger one, re-drill the small hole (through) the plug, then I can re-do the bigger one. Sound about right?

I'll post pic too. I've got to go get some batteries for my camera. I swear this thing mows through batteries.