Pinblock Drilling Centering

[Ron Nossaman]

>         Funny you should mention delignit. I just bored up my first 
> block. Not strung yet. I find it to be as smooth as Maple and oddly I 
> drill it with the same size bit. I can't tell the difference between the 
> two. Its also something like  athird of the price. Wow!!
>      Dale

Hi Dale,
The down side is that the Delignit will be less forgiving of differences in 
tuning pin diameter and hole sizing when you drill. If you drilled in one 
pass, you will have more torque variation than if you had drilled two 
passes with 1/4" as the first. What's your finish bit size?

Ron N