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I posted how I make my bridges in the tutorial, jigs and fixtures section. You can find it here. I hope someone finds it useful.

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That's a beautiful bridge and a great tute! Thanks for posting!

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Hey Rod! Good to see you back here. Did you make it to the woodworking show out your way last weekend? I would have liked to but couldn't make it. Did you purposely make the last photo poor quality just to keep us in suspense? That's looking like a very cool guitar. I copied your saddle slotting jig a while back and it works great. Just wondering, how you drop in with your router? It always seems like the most precarious part of the whole procedure. Good tutorial! Thanks.

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Danny

Thanks Larry,

Hey Danny, no I didn't make it to the wood working show, although I went 2 years ago. I would have loved to gone but couldn't make the time.

Sorry bout the poor quality pictures, using my iPhone way to much in the shop.....but suspense is a better excuse

Ya, I find dropping in the router for cutting the saddle the most precarious operation too. I have no good tips for you other than to move slow and sure. Wish I had a plunge base for the laminate trimmer. I just tip the base and hold it against the taper rail and lower it into the bridge blank, ensuring the router base stays tight to the rail.

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Here I've been doing the pin holes freehand. Very slick tip there Rod and a great tutorial.

Thanks and very much appreciated.

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To make slotting a less "precarious operation" slot it first, just after the blank has been thicknessed. Its tons easier when the blank is still a block to clamp and hold tight.

And do you counter sink and pre slot for your strings? It's 2 more steps and 5 minutes of time and it makes everything look that much more detailed.

Todd

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Enjoyed the tute Rod! Thanks.

I couldn't determine for sure, but it looks like you cut the saddle slot at 90 deg. Do anyone have suggestions for nice method to cut the saddle slot at an angle ? (maybe 5-7 deg) Seems you either need to have the bridge laying on a surface slanted at the appropriate angle..........or you need the bridge flat and the router riding on a slanted surface.......or have a router base that can tilt to the appropriate angle. My router base doesn't tilt so that's not an option for me.

Thanks again Rod for the tute!

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