CA, bridge pins

[Mark Cramer]

Sorry all, it never occured to me were discussing treating the (bridge) pins
with strings still in place.
(You have tweaked my curiousity and bolstered my courage!)

With epoxy, I leave the strings off until the excess (in the mixing
container) is rock hard. Count on next-day.

Regarding CA, the clerk at the hobby shop threw in some "teflon-tubing" with
my last purchase. It is used as a spout extension, and works nicely.

Mark Cramer,
Brandon University

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-caut@ptg.org [mailto:owner-caut@ptg.org]On Behalf Of Ed
Sutton
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 4:30 PM
To: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: CA, bridge pins


Mark-
Same question here.  Are you doing this with the string in place under
tension, or do you lower tension and move the string out of the way, and if
so, how long do you wait before putting the string back and tuning?
Thanks.
Ed Sutton

Mark Cramer wrote:
>
> Use a thin viscosity epoxy (West-System), place a drop at the base of each
> bridge-pin, then heat the pin with a soldering iron. The heat thins the
> epoxy and draws it down into the hole.
>
> In slow motion; you heat the pin and watch the epoxy bead; it does
nothing,
> you wait, then all of a sudden the bead shrinks as it's "slurped" down the
> hole. Remove the heat, you don't want the epoxy to boil.