I had painters tape on the body so that I could mark exactly where the bridge post holes would go. I used a punch to mark the position and proceeded to drill the 12mm holes with my brace and bit and I didn't realise that the bit had wandered on the tape and I drilled 2 perfect holes IN THE WRONG PLACE!! That's a lesson I will remember for the future.
Not deterred I got out my plug maker bit but it is of such poor quality that I was not able to drill a plug with my hand tools and finally I had to surrender my ethos of hand tools only and get out my electric drill.
Did I mention that the plug bit was poor quality? It is so bad that it burnt the plugs and discoloured them so that, even though I lined up the grain pretty well, the plugs now stick out like the proverbials.
I am not overly concerned as I am pretty sure that the post holes in the soft pine are going to deform with the string tension and I will have to look into reinforcing them in the future.
Last job for the body is drilling the hole for the jack plug.
At least I got something right with this build. LOL
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