The moveable feast that is the Argapa workshop has gone out to do some terraforming at the country estate. But some proper work gets done as well - the miniatures are sanded and the fretboards will both be glued before we go home.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Monday, June 3, 2013
The situation on the bench
Chris' piccolo is sanded and I'll make the fret slots after giving the neck a wash coat of shellac.
The two miniatures took a leap forward and have soundboards. The fretboards are ready as well but they're not in the pic.
To the left you can see parts for a kalimba of maple and koa, and the large board will be the soundboard of a really strange instrument called "prongs and echoes" that I read about in a book by Bart Hopkin.
It's a fantastic guitar sized soundboard that I got from Aaron Keim. Might be stupid to waste on an experiment, but what the heck. It'll be fun.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Trimming the overhang
I use a miniature spokeshave and a giant chisel for this. It'll be done soon, if the finishing process goes smoothly.
Just as I normally do when I see the completion at the horizon, I started a couple of new instruments today.
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