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First of many likely ridiculous questions, thanks in advance for your patience.
When using heat to release a bridge that needs to be reglued should I be concerned about the bridge plate and bracing also loosening from the heat? Maybe clamp those up as the top cools once the bridge is off?

Dang! As many bridge removals as I've done, and I never gave a thought to the plate underneath.
GOOD QUESTION!

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Excellent question ! Thus far I have seen no issue , however I am a relative newbie. I have about 5 under my belt and as was said I never gave that a thought .

I hope more people chime in on this .

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Wood is one of the best insulators out there. I often feel the plate, and when it's warm, you know the bridge will pop off. You can do it cold too. Do you know that trick?

Enlighten us please !

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
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No, NOT the pop it off with a hammer trick!
Well, I guess it works when it works...

edit: I thought Steve would be back with his technique, but here's the story.
Glue is not very strong in shear, so putting a block in front of the bridge and smacking it with a hammer will cause the glue joint to fail. I've never done this, and wouldn't recommend it, but others have had sucess with this technique.

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I have always been conscious of this, I also worry about loosening the neck block from the top when heating and lifting the fret board extension. But I am happy to say I have not seen any issues...but yes to me it is a concern. I use only as much heat as needed and work as quickly as I can in these instances.

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No you don't shear it. You modify the chisel to get it to sit flatter to the top and you gently tap around the perimeter of the bridge a few times and eventually the sound of the tap changes dramatically....ok it's a shear, but a gradual one. Use a razor blade to cut the fibres holding on underneath. Clear as mud? It does work quite well. And it's neat. It's how Martin did it/ does it. At least they did back in day when I was there. It's really easy as well.

That make perfect sense, and that is a method I will try!

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