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Week ending September 1, 2003
VG36 - boring the peghead for the hidden tuning machines.
The tuner is in and the keybox is ready to be glued Making a small Delrin spacer for one of the hidden tuners
A using a counterbore with a custom pilot for boring the peghead
Drilling the peghead for the chanter strings
More custom tools for fitting and installation
The grips for the hidden Schallers, with the flats milled to a slight angle
From the finishing room - I guess there are still some things that are under wraps. ;-)
VG36: the body with the keybox and peghead glued on VG38 - more finish on the body and peghead LB5 (JL) - gluing in the cloth strips to reinforce the seams
LB5 - gluing in the linings
LB5 - trimming the ribs flush with the interior head block
LB5: jointing the hard rock maple stock for the peghead
LB5 - bandsawing the peghead stock to rough size
LB5: laying out and cutting the planed peghead stock to length - the block at right will yield two pegheads
Esprit: more fitting the keys
Esprit: Katie tries out the new model
Esprit: it's done, though not quite ready for the publicity photos ;-)
ES2: drilling the key shafts
ES2: a template for positioning the parts on the soundboard
ES2: Justin does some redesign on the bridges
ES2 - the modified keybox is ready for masking
Patrick's - a replacement amplifier/mixer has arrived Hey RT - sorry, no progress this week, there were other fish to fry. ;-( Happy trails, and remember to check out the Over the Water website for more information on the upcoming HG festival.
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