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1566 Dominicus with its outer case and stand.
Loooong overdue update on the 1566 Dominicus Pisaurensis. I'll start with this and reveal more pictures in the coming days. In the meantime, enjoy the gorgeous moldings made possible through an absolute masterclass in plane making by @msbickford, stu
Completed keyboard
Dominicus progress, case is made and soundboard is installed. Getting closer!
For the past month, I’ve been working on a boot bench inspired by a design from @overthewireless I saw several years ago and really made an impression on me. Made from some nice and hard white oak, the inch thick dovetails were much more of a c
Exciting times have happened for our family as we had a baby this spring. Now that she’s (ever so slightly) older, I enjoyed making a simple play arch for her to play with some toys and work on her motor skills. Special shoutout to @teklacunnin
Finished cutting boards. I'm really enjoying the hand planed and carved surface on these. I sharpen my knives to a mirror polish... even the finest sand paper is extremely coarse in comparison!
Side project time. After the glue joint popped on our our favorite cutting board several months ago, I finally thought it was time to make a new one out of solid wood. Luckily, I had just the perfect piece of cherry laying around for four cutting boa
I've always enjoyed seasonality in life and one of my favorite times of the year is feather season! Geese naturally molt once a year, dropping their old feathers and growing new ones. They kindly shed their feathers on the ground, and we get to pick
Time to glue on the keyfront arcades! Thanks to @elena.dalcortivo for the stunning carving
Glueing up the keyboard. One of my goals when building this instrument was to use as many of the construction methods and principles that Dominicus used as practical. I had never glued on natural touch plates after the keyboard was cut out before, so
Making sharps. Straight off the plane ready for easing. These are solid ebony with little risers of walnut on the bottom. The real Dominicus has risers of cypress but since Italian Cypress is hard to come by around here in the states, I decided it wa
Tiny (and very thin) arcades. They are backed with parchment as the boxwood is only 0.2mm thick (that’s the equivalent of 2 sheets of printer paper). The next step is sending them out to get punched in a gothic pattern.
Many specialized tools are not commercially available and so one has to make them themselves. This balance mortise punch started life as a nail set, and after a couple hours with the grinder and a file I have a usable tool. It’s not pretty, but