Making bridge blanks

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Re: Making bridge blanks

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we are going to do a vid on this one. I think it may be a great teaching tool
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Excellent,
I've been making my own bridges, my own way but I'd love to see how you do it.

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John,
Did you order Kevin's new Corvette? The one he gets for making his 2,000th post??

-tommy
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Now that's what I'm talking about!!
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revell will deliver it
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think it is time to repost this critter
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tippie53 wrote:stay tuned for how to slot and drill
Where are we on the slot and drill??
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tommyboy wrote:
tippie53 wrote:stay tuned for how to slot and drill
Where are we on the slot and drill??
Here is the vid for slotting the bridge and drilling the holes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkfOjzl-Rgc

Incidentally, I am editing 2 videos right now. One of them is How to make a nut, slot the Bridge pin holes, and make the saddle. The other is the updated Dovetail Vid. The nut/bridge/saddle should be done early next week (will be away for the weekend). I have most of the 1st camera edited - just need to add close-ups.

Glenn
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this is worth a good bump
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Re: Making bridge blanks

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Once I gathered up the tooling I thought I needed to make bridges, I went and made a few bridge blanks out of oak flooring scraps and ran them through the process. I didn't want to do my learning on the materials I hoped would turn into usable bridges. Practice and familiarity with process are wonderful things. I did some learning on the practice wood until I was satisfied that I knew the process and in which corners lurked the trolls. Worked out fine. My first two bridges were all I hoped for.
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