Working on some new projects and the CTS concentric pots do not have very much thread length for wood top guitars (would work fine on a Strat). So I got to thinking, hmm, Dremel could work but be a little messy and not real clean making the countersunk hog out from the back side.
Was staring at the electronics cavity and having just done some work with forstner bits the idea was hatched. Forstner bits don't really pull themselves through the wood, you are basically pushing them. And you can cut slow. But how to use that bit with the hole already drilled for the pot, hmmm? What if there wasn't a hole? I can't remember anything about this movie, other than the title, that I apply when trying to solve problems; "Don't rise the bridge, lower the water".
Soooo, inserting a 3/8" dowel into the already drilled pot hole and voila, no more hole. I then held the dowel as I drilled with the forstner bit. Was able to easily control it and got a clean counter bore for the pots!
Was staring at the electronics cavity and having just done some work with forstner bits the idea was hatched. Forstner bits don't really pull themselves through the wood, you are basically pushing them. And you can cut slow. But how to use that bit with the hole already drilled for the pot, hmmm? What if there wasn't a hole? I can't remember anything about this movie, other than the title, that I apply when trying to solve problems; "Don't rise the bridge, lower the water".
Soooo, inserting a 3/8" dowel into the already drilled pot hole and voila, no more hole. I then held the dowel as I drilled with the forstner bit. Was able to easily control it and got a clean counter bore for the pots!
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