>Anyone have any great ideas for how to accurately space screw holes in an >action rail? I need to make a new let-off rail for an old M&H upright and >the only way I can figure to do it is to use the old one as a guide and >mark the new wooden rail. Is there a better way to space? > >Terry Farrell Why a new rail? Screws rusty and won't turn? If the spacing on the original is acceptable, I'd drive the old screws out (screws willing), tape the old rail on top of the new, and use the old as a drill guide in the drill press. Or mark the new rail from the old, or from the wippen screw centers (eyeball), and drill from that. Precision isn't awfully critical here, but even spacing looks better. Ron N
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