Laminated Bridge Caps

[gordon stelter]

Well, yeah, but the remaining base makes a very nice
guide for your flush-trim router.
   T
--- Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> How thick to make horizontally laminated hard maple
> bridge caps? Advantages/disadvantages of various
> thicknesses?
> 
> Ron Nossaman has stated that he uses 1.5 to 2 mm
> thick laminations, but not the total thickness.
> 
> Ron Overs stated that he uses six 1 mm thick
> laminations for a total cap thickness of about 1/4
> inch.
> 
> If one is building a new bridge, the root would
> either be cut from solid stock or vertically
> laminated (or however) and the laminated cap would
> be put on top of that.
> 
> If one is recapping an old bridge, and only removing
> the old cap, then obviously the new laminated cap
> simply replaces the old cap, or there abouts.
> However, if one does not like the idea of filling
> old bridge pin hole in bridge root with maple pegs
> or whatever, the majority of the bridge root will be
> sawn/routed off. What do folks replace the
> routed-off root section with? Solid hard maple stock
> and then the laminated maple cap on top of that?
> 
> Seems like it would be just about as easy to simply
> replace the whole bridge. Yes?  
> 
> Thanks for any thoughts.
> 
> Terry Farrell
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