John Hartman... filling bridge pin holes (new thread)

[John Hartman]

Brian,

Did I not meet you at the NC convention last fall? I remember you were
in the class I did on bearing and bridge knotching. If so you have all
the information I have to give on the topic. It looks like you may have
missed a thing or two about filling the holes. As I said in my last post
I do not use dowels or pegs only epoxy.

John Hartman RPT

Brian Trout wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> I'm curious about something.  There have been a couple of posts that
> mentioned filling the old bridge pin holes in the old bridge body.  I'm
> curious as to what you use?
> 
> In the past, I've filled them with Titebond and shoe pegs and recapped over
> top with a bridge cap much like what I've seen you do.  The only complaint
> I've had with doing that has been that sometimes when I drill the new bridge
> pin holes, the drill bit will want to "gum up" (I'm guessing) with the
> Titebond glue.
> 
> Should I be using larger shoe pegs?  eliminating the glue and just using
> shoe pegs? (don't feel comfortable with this one, but it was suggested to me
> one time), maybe gluing in small hardwood dowels of some sort?  forgetting
> about the wood altogether and just filling in with epoxy?   Something else
> entirely?  Any particular method you found you like?
> 
> It's certainly nothing earth shattering, but I am curious.
> 
> (Also, as an aside, would you feel better about the kind of 'surgery' that
> Ron Overs is doing if done with a finger joint <instead of a butt joint>
> where the old body joins the new very thick bridge cap?  Just a thought...)
> 
> Brian Trout
> Quarryville, PA
> btrout@desupernet.net