Bridge attachment

[Ron Nossaman]

>Putting the screws between ribs is easy enough, and I understand your 
>point about compression-crowned ribs being less sensitive to piercing than 
>rib-crowned ribs. However, I have also always heard that standard 
>woodworking practice is to replace screws used as clamps, with dowels, and 
>I wondered if in this case that was more, or less, risky than leaving the 
>screws in. I have heard noise from the screw/button combination. I also 
>considered a spruce plug instead of a dowel, or a dowel up into the bridge 
>and a plug in the soundboard.
>
>The problem is, I have a bridge staring me in the face and I don't want to 
>build a pneumatic press tomorrow.
>
>Thanks,
>Bob D

I use the button and screw between ribs and a little Titebond under the 
button. I can't imagine what could be a problem with this approach.

Ron N