Decapping bridges with a router

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sat Aug 2 09:30:35 MDT 2008


> I was thinking more of removing the old bridge cap especially when keeping
> the original board rather than planing the new one to the final height.
> That way you are just taking it down to a uniform height.
> 
> David Love

I understand, but when you have a bridge that's 40mm on the 
low end and 30mm on the treble end, you'll either need a 20mm 
cap (removing an extra 10mm of bridge root), or step it at the 
struts, or chew it down in incremental steps and plane it smooth.
Ron N


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