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  1. For a cheap and light weight boat....you have...

    For a cheap and light weight boat....you have just described a skin-on-frame (SOF) boat.
    Phil
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    John, The strings are yellow-brass wire and...

    John,

    The strings are yellow-brass wire and the lower 11 base notes are yellow-brass wire with Copper over-wounding wire. Clavichords & harpsichords both produce the best sound when the wire is...
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    John, I too was worried initially about using...

    John,

    I too was worried initially about using nails for the tuning pins but everyone else was using them. In a museum in Bogota Colombia I saw a clavichord with tuning pins that were even thinner...
  4. +1 For shooting! I love my #6 for shooting...

    +1 For shooting! I love my #6 for shooting endgrain. It is long and heavy enough to do the job well!
    Phil
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    The entire carcass and lid were finished with 3...

    The entire carcass and lid were finished with 3 coats of hot boiled linseed oil and 3-4 coats of garnet shellac. I am really happy with the outcome and is sounds pretty good. I still need to...
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    I then purchased sheets of brass and cut out the...

    I then purchased sheets of brass and cut out the wedge-shaped tangents. For the lower 11 bass keys for the 22 over-wound strings the tips were folded over so they didn't get caught between the...
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    Now it was time to put felt on the back rail to...

    Now it was time to put felt on the back rail to cushion the backs of the keys when they fall down. The red felt for the back rail & the listing cloth strips that I will install later were pool table...
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    I am mainly a woodworker and I just recently got...

    I am mainly a woodworker and I just recently got a small craftsman 109-21270 metal lathe. I decided to make my own tuning wrench as my first metal turning project. The handle I made out of ash and...
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    Now it was time to trim the back ends of the keys...

    Now it was time to trim the back ends of the keys slightly and glue some fine leather around the tips so they fit properly without too much play between the guide pins. This took a bit of fiddling...
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    Now that they keys are in and roughly fitted:...

    Now that they keys are in and roughly fitted:
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    It is time to turn the natural keys over and carve the underside to remove some weight from the front of the keys.
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    This...
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    Now that the "key-plank" is no more and all I...

    Now that the "key-plank" is no more and all I have is separate "keys", it is now time to start the carving of the key-top arches.
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    Now the little oval shaped balance pins were...
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    Now back to the keyboard. I used a marking gauge...

    Now back to the keyboard. I used a marking gauge and the corner of of a file to make the fine lines across the top of the front of the touch pads.
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    The key ends are partially cut first...
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    Before properly fitting and cutting up the...

    Before properly fitting and cutting up the key-plank I switch gears and made the sound board and bridge. I had some very lovely fine-grained redwood that I salvaged from my friends 1951 porch...
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    More walnut firewood veneer was re-saw for the...

    More walnut firewood veneer was re-saw for the back half of the key touch plates and glued down. I hammered sewing pins into the basswood to keep them properly aligned during gluing and clamping....
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    The keyboard/key-plank was made from...

    The keyboard/key-plank was made from basswood.....or lime wood as the British plans call it! So a plank was procured, jointed, cut, glued and then planned to thickness.
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    Then...
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    The first step of the key-plank/keyboard...

    The first step of the key-plank/keyboard construction is the arcades....those little spiral decorations on the front of the keys. I took an old 3/4 inch spade bit and started filing.
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    I then...
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    I made and glued the top moldings slightly...

    I made and glued the top moldings slightly over-sized/wide so I could then trim them perfectly flush with the carcass.
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    Next stop the key-plank!

    Phil
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    All of the finer/smaller molding I made using...

    All of the finer/smaller molding I made using some hollows and rounds. Unfortunately I must have forgotten to photograph. But for the larger lower carcass molding I decided to make a custom cutter...
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    Now I started to layout the position of pine &...

    Now I started to layout the position of pine & oak wrest planks underneath the sound-board.
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    Another slight modification from the plans, I decided to half lap the oak top of the wrest plank...
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    Time to plane & re-saw some more ash for the top....

    Time to plane & re-saw some more ash for the top. Mortising the top for frame and panel construction almost two weeks with a 1/4 inch mortising chisel. I was very careful to not blow out the sides....
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    A Clavichord Build

    It was back in June of 2016 that I asked this forum on suggestions for a first clavichord build project. The first week in January of 2016 I got the plans for the Christian Gottlob Hubert 1784...
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    Thanks everyone for your assistance. I just...

    Thanks everyone for your assistance.

    I just finish yesterday making my first 46 cutter. It is a bit over 1-1/4 inch wide dado blade. I started out with some 1-1/2 wide O1 1/8 tool steel I bought...
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    Jim, Thanks, So your blade is just a bit...

    Jim,

    Thanks, So your blade is just a bit shorter than the 45/55 blades (~3-3/4 inch).

    Maybe later this week I will begin filing this week.

    regards,
    Phil
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    Dimensions of Stanley 46 Cutters

    Dimensions of Stanley 46 Cutters


    I just purchased a Stanley 46 plane with no cutters. Before I drop ~100$ on some very nice reproduction cutters I was thinking of trying to make a few...
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    Considering the lack of any noticeable ceder...

    Considering the lack of any noticeable ceder smell, it seems that it is redwood.
    Here is a close up of the end grain after slicing it clean with a razor blade.

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