Making bridge blanks

[tippie53]

we are going to do a vid on this one. I think it may be a great teaching tool

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Excellent,
I've been making my own bridges, my own way but I'd love to see how you do it.

Kevin

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

-tommy

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Now that's what I'm talking about!!

[tippie53]

revell will deliver it

[tippie53]

think it is time to repost this critter

stay tuned for how to slot and drill

Where are we on the slot and drill??

[glasalle1]

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

[tippie53]

this is worth a good bump

[phavriluk]

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.