Bridge pin bit size -Phil Ford

[Ron Nossaman]

>Ron,
>
>Excuse my inexperience...it has been a long time since I put in bridge pins.
>When last did that (26 years ago) we used nails of the appropriate size 
>(pointed of course),
>cut them off over long and drove them in.  Finishing off by filing.  If 
>you aren't
>going to file to even out bridge pin height, does that mean that every 
>hole is exactly
>the same depth?  That a pin won't go in little farther than its neighbor?
>
>David I.

David,
I drill just a little deeper than necessary and drive to finish height. 
Contrary to nearly universal belief, bridge pins not only don't need to be 
bottomed out in the hole, they won't stay there if you do bottom them.

Ron N