And my mill drill has a reversing switch on the motor, which is important, because these teeth cut and reverse on the extractor. They're really accurate because the machine's heavy, I clamp the wood into the vice, crank the table along, and cut out a plug, crank a quarter of an inch, cut out another one. Then the little ones I'm going to cut all those with my extractor. I think I have one more here and one more there to get. Some of these were pretty big and wallowed out, and I drilled them out with the drill bit and used the bigger plugs for them, 3/16. And none of these holes line up, and I've got about 24 holes to patch on the back of this, before I can get the new ones to fit. And it was built with a set of waverly's that are totally different. And it came to me with a set of Kluson's on it from probably the sixties or seventies. I'm installing a set of waverly's on this 1946, 00-18 Martin. I used the extractor to cut really small plugs to plug small holes, check this out. This is something I do with the tool that we didn't ever really plan on. Now I'm going to let you in on a little secret. I'll trim this flush and drill a new hole. It could be a strap button, in my case, it's the four mounting screw holes in this neck that a guy stripped out, and you use it with the guide blocks to keep you on center. The 3/16" drill bit is to size a hole to match the plugs, and to drill holes out so you can plug them. So, that's the extractor in the plug cutter. I'll use the tuners to show me where to drill the new screw hole, right there. I waited about 10 minutes, it's probably not all the way dry, but you can cut it when it's swollen up and shrinks down below actually. I picked a pretty hard piece of maple, and I'm just going to cut it down right now. There we go, a hard maple plug that matches the hole. You got to be steady, go slow and blow the chips out. So I don't always bother with the drill press. There it is, now all I've got to do is cut a plug to fit that hole.Ī drill press is the best way to cut these plugs, but I can do it with the hand drill too. I keep the extractor centered around that shank with the drill guide, and you can see down in there and it's right on the money. And I can remove that shank with this screw extractor. The screw extractor and plug cutterĭan Erlewine: I'm replacing a bent tuner for this guy, and the screw shank that came off when he tried to get the tuners off.
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