violin slotMore on bridges in due time, but the principles here apply to bridge slots on the viol and violin families, guitars, mandolins, and so on. Here's a page on the files and so on you need to cut nuts.Here's a gnat's-eye view at the face of a nut as seen from the leeward side of the second fret. The slots for these two strings are cut so that they completely support the string. The sketch above