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<font size=3>At 07:33 PM 08/14/2001 -0500, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite cite>Hi Folks,<br>
<br>
I am not an experienced woodworker, so forgive what will probably be a
very<br>
basic question. I am somewhat of a dunce when it comes to this sort
of<br>
thing, not having done it much growing up.<br>
<br>
I am working on recapping my first bass bridge (of a piano I bought
for<br>
myself), and have attached the bridge cap to the body just fine, trimmed
it<br>
flush with a router, etc., etc. So far, so good. I am having
trouble with<br>
making a beveled edge on this curved bridge. </font></blockquote><br>
Scribe your pin line, mark your holes, punch and drill. rough file the
bevel<br>
with a wood rasp and finish with a finer file, then sand. Install bridge
pins.<br>
<br>
The reason for drilling the pin holes first is to have a good surface for
the bit<br>
to enter without drifting drastically. Then you can finesse the bevel to
the center of the holes.<br>
<br>
Don't worry, it's easier than you think,<br>
<br>
<font size=3>Jon Page, piano technician<br>
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br>
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