Wow! For a layman like myself, with not a lot of confidence in guitar fixing, that was amazing. I never new of using a reamer tool to enlarge the holes and the straight piece of wood was a duh moment as well. The wee drill is obviously so much easier and more precise than a heavy standard size. Thank you so much for this very informative video. I shall remember all these great ideas and tips.
@@ManotickGuitarTech, hi there…I am having trouble finding a small compact drill like the one you used in this video. Can you tell me where I can buy one? Thanks, Rafał
Very comprehensive video. Thank you for uploading it. I've done this a couple of times but the last one was a couple of years back and I was in need of a refresher course to fire up the old grey matter as I'm working on a partscaster thinline build. I admire your precise approach to it. That straight piece of wood is handy, I need one of those instead of my old perspex set square. Anyway mission accomplished and their in straight! The only thing I did a bit differently was to put a piece of tape on my drill bit as a depth guide. Cheers.
You pretty much showed me exactly what I'll have to do with my neck. Thank you so much!! I bought a Warmoth neck for one of my Player Strats. I really had no idea what I was getting into. It came with tuner holes, "vintage" size 11/32, but no mounting screw holes. I saved the tuners out of strat but they wont fit into my neck so I bought some Gotoh Vintage Locking Tuners. I've never done any work like this so I'm hoping I dont completely butcher it lol
I dont like the way you used a tapered reamer. That makes the hole largest at the top of the wood, which is exactly where the most force is applied to the ferrule as the string puts side force on the string peg. In my opinion it is better to use a drill or round file to enlarge the hole to the correct interference fit while still keeping the hole non-tapered. To gte the ferrules started you can file a small taper angle on the skinny part of the ferrule itself, easier if you have a lathe. It is fine to have a small taper there as that is the bottom of the ferrule once fitted and wont affect the strength of the press fit in the wood. 🙂
I use an adjustable parallel reamer to enlarge the holes. It's easy to incrementally increase the diameter each hole with the same setting then increase the setting and do all six again until you are at the correct size. Also, you get no tear-out.
Wow! For a layman like myself, with not a lot of confidence in guitar fixing, that was amazing. I never new of using a reamer tool to enlarge the holes and the straight piece of wood was a duh moment as well. The wee drill is obviously so much easier and more precise than a heavy standard size. Thank you so much for this very informative video. I shall remember all these great ideas and tips.
Glad I was able to help!
@@ManotickGuitarTech, hi there…I am having trouble finding a small compact drill like the one you used in this video. Can you tell me where I can buy one? Thanks, Rafał
@@rafalskydog8028 I use the Dewalt gyroscopic drill... you can find them on Amazon
@@ManotickGuitarTech, you are the best, cheers…
Thanks for this video, it helped with tuner install on Tele partscaster build.
Glad it helped
Way much more than I was looking for but, I couldn’t look away…
Lol- thanks...I have a few other tuner installations as well on YT
Just what I was looking for. Always like to check you out 1st. I always use a dab of beeswax on the screw. Just me.
Very comprehensive video. Thank you for uploading it. I've done this a couple of times but the last one was a couple of years back and I was in need of a refresher course to fire up the old grey matter as I'm working on a partscaster thinline build. I admire your precise approach to it. That straight piece of wood is handy, I need one of those instead of my old perspex set square. Anyway mission accomplished and their in straight! The only thing I did a bit differently was to put a piece of tape on my drill bit as a depth guide. Cheers.
Glad I could help! I hope you have subbed to my channel too?
You pretty much showed me exactly what I'll have to do with my neck. Thank you so much!! I bought a Warmoth neck for one of my Player Strats. I really had no idea what I was getting into. It came with tuner holes, "vintage" size 11/32, but no mounting screw holes. I saved the tuners out of strat but they wont fit into my neck so I bought some Gotoh Vintage Locking Tuners. I've never done any work like this so I'm hoping I dont completely butcher it lol
I am sure it will turn out fine - take your time
excellent video content buddy👍
Thanks!
Very nice and detailed video! =) You're a master Sir. What about the brand and model of the tuners?
I dont like the way you used a tapered reamer. That makes the hole largest at the top of the wood, which is exactly where the most force is applied to the ferrule as the string puts side force on the string peg.
In my opinion it is better to use a drill or round file to enlarge the hole to the correct interference fit while still keeping the hole non-tapered.
To gte the ferrules started you can file a small taper angle on the skinny part of the ferrule itself, easier if you have a lathe. It is fine to have a small taper there as that is the bottom of the ferrule once fitted and wont affect the strength of the press fit in the wood. 🙂
I use the reamer from both ends... never had an issue
I use an adjustable parallel reamer to enlarge the holes. It's easy to incrementally increase the diameter each hole with the same setting then increase the setting and do all six again until you are at the correct size. Also, you get no tear-out.