Before & After Pictures of
Repairs
Larson Brothers Prairie State
This Larson's Brother flat top had a loose bridge that was barely hanging on. The culprit? The previous repair person had tried to epoxy a warped bridge in place without planeing or fitting the bridge to the radius of the top. The epoxy can be clearly seen as it looks wet, almost glass like in the pictures below. This is a sure sign that the bridge was either not clamped when regluing or the fit was so poor that the bridge made very little contact with the top when clamping. Epoxy is not the appropriate glue for repairing bridges and must be removed entirely. The top also suffered a bit when their removal lifted the spruce as it tore at the grain run out. The top was repaired and the bridge was planed to remove warpage and contoured to match the radius of the top.
Bridge re-gluing is a common, usually, straight forward repair. Unfortunately do-it-yourselfers often do a great deal of damage in a sort amount of time. Common mistakes I see are:
