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Double Bass Thinning A New Bridge

mchildree

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Sep 4, 2000
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Another tool question for the luthiers...

What do you guys use to thin a new bridge blank? I've done it a couple of ways, but I just finished fitting one for a friend and I used my new Lie-Nielsen low-angle block plane...jeez, what a breeze! Is there an even easier way than that?