Bridges; was: Plate Horn

[Greg Newell]

Terry,
         Since your using a cap I suppose that you are not removing the 
bridge root from the piano. How do you propose to get into the tighter 
areas with the bridge notching machine?

Greg Newell



At 08:34 AM 7/13/2005, you wrote:
>Dale Erwin wrote:
>Is This so really much more difficult to notch with a really sharp  chisel 
>than a plain old good hard piece of tight grain stock?
>    Dale
>
>Dale asked that question regarding notching a six-lamination maple bridge 
>cap. I would say that it is a bit more difficult. These laminations are 
>about 1-1/2 millimeters thick, so the notch only cuts into two or three 
>laminations typically - that is only crossing one or two epoxy lines. So 
>yes, it is more difficult, but not at all unmanageable - as long as you 
>keep the laminations thick enough.
>
>Why do you ask - does my notching look THAT bad?
>
>But, 1) because I have no talent whatsoever for hand notching, and 2) 
>because I wish to explore building harder bridge caps in the future, I 
>think a good notching machine will benefit me immensely. I want to try 
>building caps using thinner laminations and possibly harder material.
>
>Terry Farrell

Greg Newell
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