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Each week we update this page with new photos of instruments in progress. The updates will usually be sometime on Monday, which is the end of our work week.

We hope that you enjoy seeing the progress on your instrument and those of others who have them on order.

 

Week ending February 17, 2003


 

We did a little yardwork on Thursday, since the sun was shining: here's the bank of the little creek before we removed the blackberries.

 

This is what it looked like afterward.

 

LB4: fitting the braces into the linings

 

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VG36: the tail block for the keybox

 

VG37, VG39: the blanks for the handles - VG37 is at right, the dark wood

 

VG37: the finished handle on the lathe

 

VG37: gluing on the tailpiece

 

VG37: a stack of desert ironwood strap button blanks, including the ones that will be used for VG37

 

VG37: the drone pins and the tirant peg

 

VG37: the chanter bridge is on, the shaft and bearing are fitted, and the wheel is in

 

VG39: all masked and ready to finish

 

VG39: the first coats of finish being applied

 

VG40: the channel is cut, the purfling is in, and the binding is in progress

 

The Pajot: the shaft is ready

 

 

The Colson: using a wiggler to position the crank for drilling out the old shaft

 

The Colson: the old handle shaft, the crank, the new handle shaft, and the original handle

 

Justin introduces us to yet another tool that we just must have: a portable metal-cutting bandsaw.

See other weeks for more pictures.


Beati illi qui in circulum circumeunt, fient enim magnae rotae.

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Alden and Cali Hackmann
Olympic Musical Instruments

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