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Old 06-28-2018, 12:13 PM
HeyMikey HeyMikey is offline
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Originally Posted by charles Tauber View Post
Bolts instead of C clamps. Make a caul for exterior use that is the size and shape of the bridge. Bolt through it and use wooden wedges between the wings of the bridge and the bottom of the caul to hold down the wings of the bridge.

The bottom of the bridge needs to be cleaned-up. Having bolts in the way makes that difficult. I'd remove the bolts and probably wouldn't reinstall them during or after the bridge reglue.
Got it. Use the caul and wedges so similar to what that stewmac bridge caul clamp thing does.

So those bridge bolts don't provide any value once the bridge is properly glued down. I'm good with leaving them out.

Last edited by HeyMikey; 06-29-2018 at 10:51 PM.
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