template for Fender Am Std Machine Heads (tuners)

[MarkU]

I am about to install a set of Fender Am Std machine heads on a Warmoth neck. I need to drill the double holes for the pins on each tuner. Does anybody know where I can download a template to get the hole locations to line up correctly? Ideally I would be able to download one and print it out. any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Mark

[Jack Wells]

This is the rear of a MIM Standard headstock. I think they may use the same tuners ......... print it out and see if it works. I'll assume you know how to print it actual size.

MIMTeleHeadstock.pdf

[MarkU]

Thanks Jack this will work out just fine. and yes I can scale it. Its just what I need!

Mark

[Jack Wells]

Well ........there's really no scaling to do. When the Adobe Reader print window opens set Page Scaling to None ........... hmmmm...... maybe that is scaling.

[MarkU]

Jack, a little scaling is required. The image you sent was a tad too large compared to my tuner hole spacings. so I will convert it to a JPEG and import it into WORD as a picture and shrink it by a few percent.I don't know if the difference is the Warmoth vs Fender neck or the scale of the photo-to-pdf shift. In any case, the image is a great help.

thanks again, Mark

[Jack Wells]

The PDF is the exact size of the MIM headstock. I printed a copy after setting Page Scaling to None. I held the headstock up to a window along with the print and everything lined up perfectly.

I would practice on some scrap and see how the tuners fit. Here's a little jig I made for this type of tuners. The top edge of the jig lines up with the top of the headstock. Couldn't find a dowel the exact size of the tuner hole but the tuner is the exact size. You start with the tuner in the big E hole and work your way down to the little E then move the tuner to the other jig hole and drill the pin holes for the big E.

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[Jack Wells]

Mark ................ maybe you haven't drilled the headstock yet. I was just thinking, if you scaled the headstock scan to a different size, the distance from the large tuner hole to the pin holes would change and the pins wouldn't line up perfectly with the pin holes although this might be a small error. If the PDF scan is printed actual size, the large hole to pin hole distance will be correct.

[Rhomco Guitars]

All you have to do is slip the tuner in the hole. Line it up and press the back of the tuner hard against the surface. This will leave two small indentations where the pins are. Just drill them out a wee bit over the size of the pin and your done. Well after you do it six times your done. Of course the very best way is to use the Stewmac Drill Jig but if you arent going to do this a lot of times it is not worth buying one.
Good luck with your Tele Project.
Rob

[Jack Wells]

Good point there Rob. You could use a straightedge to line up the bodies. You could also tighten the nuts on the others side to draw the tuners down and mark the holes.

[lacquerbreath]

What is the actual size (diameter) of the holes? The headstock I have is predrilled at 5/16".

[mellecaster]

Posts in 3 different threads w/ the same question...you may have set a New Record !.......

[lacquerbreath]

Originally Posted by mellecaster

Posts in 3 different threads w/ the same question...you may have set a New Record !.......

Thanks for your help....I figure if I ask enough, I'll get at least one
intelligent response.

[deluxx]

jwells, this rules, thank you!
it printed perfectly after i disabled "fit to margins" in the print menu.

i have done this in the past WITHOUT a template and it kind of looked sloppy. i did the method where you mark the points by impressing a tuner first, etc.
it worked ok, but a jig would be best.

again, thanks!