i broke down and bought a drill press.:D what do you guys normally use to hold the plug to drill through it?:huh: anything to guide me in the right direction would be appreciated.:)

I do most of my thru-drilling before I turn the plug, except on anything like a swimmer for example that may need an offset hole!;) Someone here posted a picture of a jig they made....it is simply made of three pieces of wood (I used 1 by 4 pine board) take 2 pieces and make a corner out of them, more or less, and then just mount them on top of the third piece (maybe someone can post that pic again or do a search...it must be here somewhere. Then I just clamp it to the drill press table with two clamps after I have found the center and I drill all my pieces!:D

A photo of that jig is in this thread: http://69.93.108.13/StriperTalk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18549

In the photo, I'm using the jig to hold the popper while I do the face. Same jig can be used to hold the plug while drilling the thru-wire hole.

Jigman

thanks bf and jigman. :D