Beveled edge on bass bridge

[Bill Ballard]

At 7:56 PM -0500 8/14/01, Ron Nossaman wrote:
>>How do you guys do this, and what would you recommend?
>>John Formsma
>
>Spokeshave. It's like a short broad plane with handles on the side. It's
>doable with a sharp chisel too, but a lot slower.
>Ron N

Welcome to the pre-electric era of craftsmanship. It's fun and very 
satisfying. but you have to learn to sharpen your edges. Take a 
marking gage and scribe a line to layout the bottom of the bevel. The 
top of the bevel should run through the bridge pin holes (already 
drilled).

Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

"There are fifty ways to screw up on this job. If you can think of 
twenty of them, you're a genius......and you aint no genius"
     ...........Mickey Rourke to William Hurt, in "Body Heat", discussing arson.
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