Making an old design bridge

As a side line while waiting for warmer weather to arrive I'm attempting making a few all metal guitar bridges...I'm due to start restoring a vintage 1959 Hofner guitar next year and it's fitted with a wrong type modern bridge ..the original solid brass bridge like the one in the pic got lost years ago...And a nice bloke on the Vintage Hofner Forum has sent me all the dimensions... and when the materials arrive I will see what I can do..There are a few similar bridges on the market but they are either not quite right or too expensive..May be a design like this would be ok for solid electric ukes and what about that curved angular saddle area ?? thats going to fun machining that
H bridge 3 by Ken Timms, on Flickr
H bridge 1 by Ken Timms, on Flickr

Just to set up for machining I made a "Mock up" out of hardwood ... I worked out a way to do the radius part using a jig on the spindle sander and disc sander and bandsaw..It should work on brass just as well.
aaPICT0007 by Ken Timms, on Flickr

That's looks like a pretty tall bridge. They must have a serious neck angle on that Hofner. Let's see it!

ksquine said:

That's looks like a pretty tall bridge. They must have a serious neck angle on that Hofner. Let's see it!

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The one I'm going to restore is a bit beaten up ..But when it's done I'm hoping it will be something like this one But without the tremelo unit cos thats not original.
H 161 by Ken Timms, on Flickr

Finaly completed it.... almost as good as the real one.

PICT0086 by Ken Timms, on Flickr

Timbuck said:

Finaly completed it.... almost as good as the real one.

PICT0086 by Ken Timms, on Flickr

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Top class work Ken.

I thought the wood one would be interesting.