repair question

I am in the process of repairing a stuff up I did when making a tele style guitar. What happened was the drill wandered with the wood grain when I was drilling for the string ferrules. What I am looking at doing is filling the holes in with auto body filler and using a drill jig I made up, redrill them.
Has anyone done this sort of fix? I am thinking I might have to enlarge the hole diameter first to give the bog some body to it. Any answers?
Clive

You can try that but the filler might crack when you intall the ferrules. Epoxy or a wood dowel would probably be stronger.

http://www.taipantone.com/pages/ToneBar.html

http://www.taipantone.com/pages/ToneBar.html

+1 on the tone bar

Another vote for a tone bar

http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/zz246/adirondak50/mahogany%20build/IMAG1156.jpg?t=1318798650

That would be good for a drilling template.

Thanks for the replies, I like the idea of the tone bar but I have just gone and bought the ferrules - because I had drilled and tapped the old ones to extract them. I will go the dowel route and put a bit of bog on before sanding just to get it smooth. I can feel another build coming on and will probably use a tone bar for that.
Clive

Another vote for a tone bar

http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/zz246/adirondak50/mahogany%20build/IMAG1156.jpg?t=1318798650

Herb, is that a home made tonebar? If it is, what did you use and do you have dimensions?

Patching at ferrule holes almost always results in cracks. They are a stress point, and you'll have two materials each with a different coefficient of expansion and flexibility. As things move and temperatures change cracks are inevitable.

Dowel/redrill is the normal repair method.

Herb, is that a home made tonebar? If it is, what did you use and do you have dimensions?

Hi Glen , yes , I made that tone bar , it is Gaboon Ebony , I've made them out of brass , aluminum , African Blackwood and the Ebony , here is the link for the thread I did on making tone bars a while back , it should awnser your questions , if not pm me .

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/293660-tone-bars.html

Hi Glen , yes , I made that tone bar , it is Gaboon Ebony , I've made them out of brass , aluminum , African Blackwood and the Ebony , here is the link for the thread I did on making tone bars a while back , it should awnser your questions , if not pm me .

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/293660-tone-bars.html

Thanks a lot Herb. I will have to give it a try.

Hi Glen , yes , I made that tone bar , it is Gaboon Ebony , I've made them out of brass , aluminum , African Blackwood and the Ebony , here is the link for the thread I did on making tone bars a while back , it should awnser your questions , if not pm me .

http://www.tdpri.com/forum/tele-home-depot/293660-tone-bars.html
In your post someone mentioned Taipantone and I assumed from that they are no longer in business. Is this correct? Their website is still active.
Clive

In your post someone mentioned Taipantone and I assumed from that they are no longer in business. Is this correct? Their website is still active.
Clive

Hi Clive , I tried contacting them a while back , no response , and from what I've seen here and heard , nobody else has been able to reach them either , I really don't know what happened with them.

Hi Clive , I tried contacting them a while back , no response , and from what I've seen here and heard , nobody else has been able to reach them either , I really don't know what happened with them.

That's timely, I nearly tried ordering a tone bar, might have done my dough.
Clive

That's timely, I nearly tried ordering a tone bar, might have done my dough.
Clive

Try Delisleguitars.com , they have tone bars and routing templates for them

Try Delisleguitars.com , they have tone bars and routing templates for them

I bought a tone bar and routing template from Delisle. Good product.

Just keep in mind that the string spacing is different on the delisle block than a standard tele.

Try Delisleguitars.com , they have tone bars and routing templates for them

I'll save that to the favourites, I made a drill template and drilled the holes in line. If the bog cracks I'll make a block out of brass.
It started out as a 60th. Birthday present for a lifelong friend, then I ended up in hospital having bypass surgery at the time of his birthday and was out of action anyway so didn't finish it in time, then I screwed up the ferrule holes. So now this is a very belated birthday gift, he'll get it in May when we meet up in New Zealand for a 60's band reunion. He has no idea at all.