<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got a bit of problem/dilemma: = Upright action with about a dozen backcheck wires, broken below the surface of the = wippen body! I drilled one out with the hollow/reverse drill bit, that is used to = extract screws. This leaves a 1/4" hole, which can be filled with a dowel/glue. = However, I don't like the idea of re-drilling the pilot holes, for the new wires, = into end grain. I can drill a 7/32" hole across the wippen plug, so = that it would be in line with the new pilot hole and that would give a more = stable cross grain to drill/thread into.That is a lot of drilling and = plugging!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone have a better way to extract the = olde wire stub, w/o all this hassle?!!!???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>