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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on December 28, 2017 at 11:56am

The lid is obviously old and brittle, even if the bit was the biggest contributor to it's demise, after repairing it, hang it as a memento, piece of art, make a new lid from scratch add whatever design you wish. Just a suggestion, even after repair, it may not hold up well to other work on it, or use after the fact with string tension etc.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Cezanne on December 28, 2017 at 12:39pm

This is for the amp, not a guitar, so there shouldn't be any tension... 

Still need to drill more holes, but I think I just might not drill through the crack. The knobs can go anywhere. Maybe I'll just put a hubris-bolt in the hole that caused the split...

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Permalink Reply by MadGomer on December 31, 2017 at 5:35am

Yeah, mostly technique I'm afraid.  Fear not, I'm sure you can salvage the lid, but once you get it back together, absolutely use a backing board and a sharp bit, go light on the pressure, can't wait to see pictures of your end result!

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Permalink Reply by JL on January 2, 2018 at 2:03am

Hole saws also work better than spade bits, again as long as you have some scrap underneath to support it.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Cezanne on January 2, 2018 at 2:05am

I had just cut a 3" hole with a hole saw and it went fine! The good news is I got my father-in-law's forstner bits this weekend.

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Permalink Reply by MadGomer on January 2, 2018 at 3:10am

The forstner bits will make a nice clean hole.  Use a backup board, don't spin the bits too fast, and take your time.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Cezanne on January 4, 2018 at 1:22pm

Drilled my first holes today, not on this amp, but on a maple headstock. Sweet bits!

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