Stieff bridge-like thingee

[Delwin D Fandrich]

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Sent: August 10, 2002 11:46 AM
Subject: Stieff bridge-like thingee


> I need to move the pins over so they are separated again, to where they
> originally were, but there's not really any wood there, just a groove
where
> the pins used to sit.  Without replacing the whole bridge-thingee (I
wouldn't
> know where to begin...) do you think I could just set the pins in epoxy?
> Would the epoxy hold the pin well enough to be a good termination point
for
> the string?  I mean, there wouldn't really be much wood where the pins
would
> be.  I would just fill the groove with epoxy, let it harden just a bit,
and
> then insert the pins where they ought to be.


You might reconsider making a new one. They are not all that difficult to
do. I prefer using scrap pinblock stock--i.e., something laminated--to
prevent future splitting. You simply pop the original wood V-bar off the
pinblock or plate surface, duplicate the shape--a hand plane and some kind
of sander will usually do the trick--and drill to match the original. Or lay
out a new drilling pattern if the original was some erratic. All in all it
shouldn't take over an hour or two and you'll not have to worry about the
epoxy giving way in a couple of years.

Del