For all us vertically challenged people( you couldn't drill a 90° hole if your life depended on it) I found an old craftsman drill guide in really rough shape(ok, ok it was thrown in a box and buried in storage) anyway, a good overnight soak in vinager removed most of the rust and loosened the spindle.cleaned up and oiled it has a new life! Seeing as I fulltime in a RV and storage is a premium(wife has too much stuff) this baby is perfect for tuning pegs. I found a place online for similar items(cheap) Click here or Google drill guides.
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No only but also, I forgot that I was once vertically and horizontally challenged.
Drilling the holes for the threaded inserts that received the bolts that hold the necks to the body of my acoustic guitars, had to be straight, here was my solution some years ago.
I bought a smaller bench top drill press and mounted it so it drilled horizontally. Straight holes every time, two in each neck heal. Just shown as a matter of interest, you don't need it in CBG land.
Taff
Now that ingenuity.
Pretty ingenious really, whatever works!
Ditto Taff.. a work buddy gave me this bench/powerdrill mounted press. I have seen these at estate sales for a couple dollars. Great cheap option. Great for holes and tuners
Mike
You can also use them to press in frets or inserts for post type bridges and stoptail pieces.
Hi Paul, yes, here's a pic of my fret press. There was a fair bit of modification needed on this one to get the downward pressure I needed, But it works fine.
It does not however have enough reach to get it to push bridge and tailpiece posts into a solid body though. I have to use my big drill press for that.
Hi, so the answer is saw the legs off your bench.........or get a drill press, or one of those light duty drill press that you clamp your portable drill into. There's more uses for a proper drill press than just drilling a straight hole, a very useful addition to the workshop, I find.
Taff
LOL Taff, I prefer wearing stilts. This is what I use, found in the black hole known as "storage" and cleaned it up. BTW I know the collar is on the wrong side, I didn't feel like taking it apart for a picture. I also have one for my dremel
I may be stating the obvious here but I've found my vertical holes are more vertical if the object I'm drilling is down by my feet. If I try to drill something at waist level I end up being crooked 9 times out of 10. But there's something about getting my body over what I'm drilling that helps me keep it at 90 degrees. For what that's worth...
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