Hooked Chisel?

[gitnoob]

Hypothetically, if one wanted to pull off a lower face brace that was out of reach, how would one go about it?

I talked to a repair guy recently who said he uses a "hooked chisel" that allows him to reach inside and chisel a brace off from the tail toward the head (after heating).

I don't see a tool that obviously fits this description. Is there a name for such a thing?

[Ben-Had]

http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Blog...dgeplate02.jpg

[gitnoob]

Yeah, that! So I need to make one myself or is that something you can buy off the shelf?

[tadol]

I think you get to play blacksmith -

[mike_87]

In Don Teeter's book, he describes a great bridge plate removing tool. It's nothing more than an old chisel that's been heated and bent into a 'U'-shape, keeping the flat edge ('bottom') of the chisel facing out and the cutting 'V', of course, tucked on the inside of the bend.

http://api.ning.com/files/PZrlUDfBaP...ateremoval.jpg

(these are not my words I copied and pasted)