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Here is the walnut "blank." It consists of eight walnut sections. Outer and Inner diameters have been turned to within 1/8" of final dimension. |
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I begin creating the shoulder to fit the tonering. |
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Flattening the leading edge. |
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Checking the gap between the tone ring and the shoulder. |
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The tonering is fitting nicely for the diameter. Later I will trim the height to make sure it is seated properly. I now take a feeler guage to set the lathe to cut to within a few thousandths of final outer diameter. This is within "sanding range" of final dimension. |
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Turning to near final dimension. |
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Time to fire up the bending iron so I can bend the maple for the bracket band. |
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Bending a curly maple strip with heat and moisture. |
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I rout a channel for the maple bracket band and check the fit. |
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Clamping the maple bracket band. |
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In between this picture and the previous, I have inlaid rosewood and maple vertical strips at the block joins. |
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This is a registration jig and punch. I place the tension hoop at the bottom of the rim and use the notches to register the position of the bracket holes. The punch marks the spot. |
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After drilling bracket holes, I capped the bottom of the rim in curly maple. Now I am cutting a channel for purlfling. |
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Fitting the purfling in the groove. I like Elmer's School glue because it is thin and dries transparent. |
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Hardware and head in place. Ready to sell. Top view. |
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Bottom view. |