I saw an odd bridge recapping job this morning in a partially resomethingorothered old upright. The long bridge had been cut down considerably in preparation for capping, and a two layer cap was installed. The first layer was about 8mm thick, with the long grain perpendicular to the bridge length. Yep, an 8mm layer of end grain looking out the side of the bridge. Another 6-8mm layer with the grain direction more conventionally oriented topped it off. Too strange. Has anyone seen anything like this anywhere, and why was it done this way? The only thing I've come up with is that maybe the guy was trying to crown the bridge by gluing on a thoroughly desiccated thick cross grained lamination, waiting for re hydration expansion to crown the thing, then putting on the top layer to lock it in. Any enlightenment? Ron N
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