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Nothing too exciting today. Did get the sides bent. Other than that, spent part of the day trying to learn how to sharpen and use gravers. Will need to do a bunch of engraving on brass for the plates on the tuners. Any tips would be appreciated.

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dgimcmillan wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:06 pm I’m really looking forward to following this!

Are you sticking to the original bracing patterns, or will you modernize them for more structural support?

Ian

We will try to do everything as exact to original as we can

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And here is the tuner layout from the plans. Note how thin the tuner buttons are, nothing like the sets for sale. And the string posts are laid out differently. g

Just for info, here are the neck adjusting parts I made. Did these from the plan. Still need to braze in a square stud into the head of the cap screw to fit the clock key. Note, I have a shorter screw than in the hardware for sale. IMG_7443.JPG IMG_7444.JPG Here is what the whole set up looks like o...

Here are two different Stauffer style tuners that are supposedly commercially available. Neither seems to be the correct shape to match the plan I have. This set looks like the closest match stauffer3.jpg This is the $800 set, but I don't like it at all, and I would have to reshape the peghead. Rodg...

Interesting. I will keep that in mind for the future. Thanks,

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Looking forward to this build, Grant. It's been a while since I visited the Martin museum (1974) but don't they have one similar on display? Seems like I've seen one of those but it could have been in another museum. Either way this will be a cool build! I am sure they would have at least one, g

About time I do something. My good friend, Danny, does the black powder rendezvous circuit, with all the reenactment trappings and attire. They try to do everything as authentic as they can. He has been talking with me about the need for Guitars of the period. So we are going to bite that bullet. I ...