A DIY Homemade Sink Bridge.

[timwcic]

I made this last spring out of a drop piece on composite decking. Cypress, redwood, teak or cedar would have been excellent choices but a drop piece of deck was right in my face. The one end had a hole cut just larger than the faucet to lock into place. Overall length is cut so when I am honing I lean into it and my oversized belly holds tightly in place. The top is routered down about 1 mm so stones have a lip to hold in place and water to drains out during water only finishing. The bridge has a nice footprint and is very stable on the counter and with the stones. A nice DIY project other than two hours of my life it has zero cost.
More money to buy stones.
Pictured with a 10 inch Coti.

 

[kelbro]

Nice work.

 

[buca3152]

Looks great. I don't use that much water. I just use a spray bottle but many do hone over the sink.

 

[David]

Very nice work, Tim. I saw that in another thread and was impressed. I bought a really expensive sing bridge from CKTG and used it 3-4 times and didn't care for it at all so I made one similar to yours.

That big coti makes me drool

 

[David]

Looks great. I don't use that much water. I just use a spray bottle but many do hone over the sink.

I don't use much water for razors, but I do for knives. I also use my wood sink bridge to do my lapping to water is a must there.

 

[alpster]

Good job on the bridge. I also used some left over poly decking, some aluminum and a some dense foam rubber. I wanted my bridge elevated above the sink.