<html> <head> <style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><style> .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } </style> <div style="text-align: left;">Fenton,<br>Used several of the various techniques mentioned for many moons.  Mr G's method is my (current) preferred however I use ball bearings (steel) rather than BB's.<br>Easy to retrieve with a rare earth magnet from an old hard drive Making sure there are no remainders in the holes to muck up a drill bit or screw.<br>Hopefully you are also using a story stick or similar marking/recording method. Always helpful as memory shortens with age. =) <br>With DGR's usually they clean up well with a light sanding and such and just need rebushing. Is there a specific reason you're remfng? Damaged? Split out? Warped? Not enough work? Just curious as to the decision process. I only recall 1 or 2 times having to remfgr. the DGR. One for a Knabe player he other for a MH.  Used the original as a template and at that time located the holes with rounded off drill rod and the same technique as below. <br>Gerry Cousins, RPT<br>PS Since you mentioned " As long as we are locating things...."   Has anyone seen my marbles ? <pre>Nick Gravagne, RPT wrote:<br><Do not plug the original DGR holes in the belly bar. Now place the 5 or 6<br><BBs in the DGR holes and light tap them down to seat(or use 1 BB at a time<br><and move to next hole), set your board over top and either with the side of<br><your fist, or else a small dead blow and block of wood, strike down on the<br><soundboard top over the area of the BBs. Upon removing the board find the<br><small indents and drill through from bottom to top with a 1/8" brad point<br><(usually the right size). Don't worry about EMC unless for some reason the<br><board is extreme one way or another (which it shouldn't be anyway).<br></pre><pre>Fenton wrote:<br><As long as we are locating things, how about some ideas on locating the <br><damper guide rail. <br><My last job I pluged the holes, made a new rail and started over. I've <br><frustrated myself trying to exactly locate the little number 8 screws, or <br><whatever they are, drilling precisely in the right spot through the new <br><soundboard, to catch the old hole. <br><Tips, techniques? <br><Thank you, <br><Fenton  <br></pre></div></body> </html>