Sunday, July 6, 2008

Moldings: Bentside hitchpin

After letting the molding stay in the form for a day, I unclamped it, mitered both ends and glued it in:


I didn't quite bend it enough to fit perfectly, despite trying to bend to a sharper curve this time around, but the additional curvature could be imposed easily enough with minimal resistance from the workpiece, so I'm satisfied.

Before gluing, I had to preserve the hitch pin marks made at the soundboard edge, since they will get covered up by the molding. Using a small square, I transferred them up to the top of the bentside, where they'll be covered by more moldings later on:


Later I will transfer these back onto the walnut molding and drill for the hitch pins.

This completes the walnut moldings, but lots more are to come, made of yellow cedar: on either side of the top edge of all the case sides, all along the outside bottom edge, and a cap molding glued onto the top of the case edges.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi
I am a harpsichord maker in Salisbury, England and have just stumbled across your blog. I must say you seem to be doing a great job - very neat and tidy work.
I am sure the finished instrument will sound great. I assume you are goind to string it in brass throughout?
If I can be of assistance, please email me, though you seem to have a useful local maker on tap!
Peter