spring claw holes drilling ...what a pain !
Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2020 3:54 pm
Ok guys , I had that MJT strat body laying around and thought ; what the heck let's build that thing !
But then I came up to the dreadful spring claw holes to drill ... Man what a PAIN !
Bought a right angle drill extension ( the whole assembly BARELY was fitting into the cavity so I had to drill a tiny pre hole without the right angle extension at first to be able to shove the end of the drill bit in there ) and drilled them after carefully noting the spacing between the two holes and all on some tape , I drilled them with MUCH care , taking care of having the angle of the holes as flat as possible into the body ....
BUT for some reason the horizontal angle of the second screw hole started to shift without me noticing ...
And here's how it ended up looking :
https://www.mediafire.com/view/xsml1x0d ... 3.jpg/file
as you can see the slight angle of the right screw yanks the claw too close from the left side of the cavity ...
Any easy fix for that ?
Enlarging holes is a no no if I'm hoping to have tight functioning screws ....
Maybe order somewhere ( where ? ) a custom drilled claw with slightly offset holes ( like a millimeter left for the left hole ) ?
Bending the screws a bit would be fugly and messy if I hope to be able to keep their functionality ....
I mean the springs don't touch the left side of the cavity , and scratching the springs reveal how resonant that body is ( I had hoped for that and got that in spades ) ... It's annoying the perfectionist in me to no end ^^
If anyone has a crafty idea feel free to comment !
But then I came up to the dreadful spring claw holes to drill ... Man what a PAIN !
Bought a right angle drill extension ( the whole assembly BARELY was fitting into the cavity so I had to drill a tiny pre hole without the right angle extension at first to be able to shove the end of the drill bit in there ) and drilled them after carefully noting the spacing between the two holes and all on some tape , I drilled them with MUCH care , taking care of having the angle of the holes as flat as possible into the body ....
BUT for some reason the horizontal angle of the second screw hole started to shift without me noticing ...
And here's how it ended up looking :
https://www.mediafire.com/view/xsml1x0d ... 3.jpg/file
as you can see the slight angle of the right screw yanks the claw too close from the left side of the cavity ...
Any easy fix for that ?
Enlarging holes is a no no if I'm hoping to have tight functioning screws ....
Maybe order somewhere ( where ? ) a custom drilled claw with slightly offset holes ( like a millimeter left for the left hole ) ?
Bending the screws a bit would be fugly and messy if I hope to be able to keep their functionality ....
I mean the springs don't touch the left side of the cavity , and scratching the springs reveal how resonant that body is ( I had hoped for that and got that in spades ) ... It's annoying the perfectionist in me to no end ^^
If anyone has a crafty idea feel free to comment !