What power tools?

axisus

I love my pillar drill. You need one with enough reach though. I used to use my dads one, but it couldn't do trem posts - too far in

Roland

You can do it without a pillar drill. The guitar body is wedge shaped, which is why the drill is not vertical in the picture.

OnTheRopes

axisus said:

I love my pillar drill. You need one with enough reach though. I used to use my dads one, but it couldn't do trem posts - too far in

Yes good point, any idea what the optimum reach is?

OnTheRopes

Roland said:

You can do it without a pillar drill. The guitar body is wedge shaped, which is why the drill is not vertical in the picture.

Presumably then with a pillar drill you would use some sort of counter wedge to get the angles right?

Sporky

OnTheRopes said:

Presumably then with a pillar drill you would use some sort of counter wedge to get the angles right?

Yup, or usually the table has tilt.