Clean bridge plate holes

[Dave Bagwill]

Lee! Welcome to the forum!

We have a few member from the U.K. and would like more. I myself am not from there, though I will drop a 'Bob's your uncle' upon occasion. :-)

Again, welcome.

[Tim Benware]

You just need a hard wood plate to go over the bridge plate and under the bolt heads to save getting those indentations in the plate from the bolt heads!

Yes, that happened when my old mind forgot to use it when gluing the bridge on but I usually use one. That wasn't the worse mistake I made this week, I'll post that one soon. I used to use the double stick tape method but however I was doing it made it hard for me to remove the backer afterwards. I don't know too much tape, too sticky, too much pressure.

[Kevin in California]

It seems I always forget to put a back up caul on the plate when I drill the holes....not this time.
Thanks for the reminder.

Kevin

[Lee in UK]

Lee! Welcome to the forum!

We have a few member from the U.K. and would like more. I myself am not from there, though I will drop a 'Bob's your uncle' upon occasion. :-)

Again, welcome.

Dave,

Thanks for the welcome! I am a complete newbie so can't promise to bring anything to the party other than numpty questions though!

Cheers
Lee

[Dave Bagwill]

Questions are good, we were all noob's at one time!

I had to look it up: by 'look it up' I meant, of course, Google it, which always yields rock-solid and unquestionably true, true truths:
"Scotland's favourite word, according to a poll by BT Openreach, is numpty. Derived from "numps", an obsolete word for a stupid person, rather than the more obvious numbnuts or numbskull, the term implies general idiocy, often in my experience accompanied by windbaggery. Which explains why you will most often find it used in connection with members of the Scottish Parliament.

But numpty is a multi-purpose word, with great flexibility - my husband, for example, calls me "numpty-noo", an affectionate variation (I hope). With its plosive "p", it is a word capable of withstanding being hurled across football terraces - "Heid tha ball, ya useless nuuuuumpties!" - or gently remonstrating with a small child -"I know you didn't mean tae forget your gym kit, Hamish, but you'll look a right numpty in your vest and pants and nae mistake."

I get the gist :-)