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<DIV><FONT size=3> All </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> <U>Perhaps I missed some o dis but many uprights h=
ave
cut-offs behind which are coverd with spruce but that are no longer
resonating members of the board period</U>. They are dust or rodent
barries but have<STRONG> ZERO</STRONG> to do with any thing else.</FONT></DI=
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<DIV><FONT size=3> It does no harm to drill neatly thru =
this
area. I've done it often with a forstner bit while some one else (sometimes =
the
client) holds a backing block to reduce tear out. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> My, we do like to split hairs in this biz.</FONT><=
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<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale Erwin</FONT></DIV>
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=2>Good
grief, if you have to put a hole for the cord, put it down through the bot=
tom
(just put something under there to protect the floor). Why would any=
one
want to drill through a sound-board? I have routed over the knee-boa=
rd
when I wasn't carrying a drill (out of town). They want me to come b=
ack
and drill a hole in the bottom and I will in time.<BR><BR>Andrew A.<BR><BR=
>At
10:16 AM 12/5/2004 -0800, you wrote:<BR>
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=2>Ron N
said: "</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times">Not for any good rea=
son I
know of. Why?<BR><BR>Ron,</FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman, Times">Obviously you haven't run into one that =
had a
Buzz! Or, some hack had "chewed" a hole in the S.B.! Personally, I just
don't like the idea of putting another hole in a S.B. To me, it's just
asking for trouble. Oh, and then there's the one that was moved without
unplugging it first..ripped/split up the sound nicely. Any other
questions?<G></FONT><BR><FONT face=arial size=2>Joe Garrett,
R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R
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