The result for the holes was good.
Front & Back
Next was to counter sink the holes at the rear for the ferrules. An 8 mm drill was proving to make the holes a little too big on the test run so, went with a 7.5 mm drill bit. Interesting point was that I could not find a wood drill bit at any of the hardware stores nearby (the big green shed was out too) so I went with a hybrid drill bit for steel, plastic and wood. Now this bit bit hard and tore out plugs very quickly so I ended up with a bit of splintering around the edges of the holes. The drill bit was sharp all the way up, recommend you don't buy one of these.
However the holes were sunk to the right depth thanks to masking tape on the drill bit and were still pretty much in line ...
So after counter sinking the edges to clean them up I got a pretty decent result. The ferrules will need a slight tap to get them into place once the sanding, grain filler, more sanding and DT has been applied, but then they will be nice and tightly in place.
Onto the sanding ...
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