11-06-2010, 09:05 PM
While waiting for the glue to dry on the other bridge, I got started on the benchwork mods for this bridge. The space I had originally left in the benchwork for the bridge was not big enough. Course, back when I was doing the benchwork, I hAd no idea what bridge was going there.
First, what was there, with the markings of what had to be cut out.
And all the stuff cut out. The foam and plywood that was removed was reused. Essentially, that piece was just lowered down to the level of the piece to the left. The hard part was cutting the existing boards to what can be seen in this photo because I couldn't get my power tools into the space. So, must of the cutting was done with a small handsaw. For some of it, I drilled a lot of holes along the line to be cut, then broke it out.
Then glued the piece back in and weighted it.
And added some bracing on the bottom.
First, what was there, with the markings of what had to be cut out.
And all the stuff cut out. The foam and plywood that was removed was reused. Essentially, that piece was just lowered down to the level of the piece to the left. The hard part was cutting the existing boards to what can be seen in this photo because I couldn't get my power tools into the space. So, must of the cutting was done with a small handsaw. For some of it, I drilled a lot of holes along the line to be cut, then broke it out.
Then glued the piece back in and weighted it.
And added some bracing on the bottom.
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