Friday, 12 January 2024

The Chaos Begins

This morning I went to my local wood yard and got all... some... most - hopefully! of the wood that I need for this project.

I feel like Im on that TV show Scrapheap Challenge where you are given a task and have to rummage through a scrapyard to make it a reality.

It is my job this week to turn this pre-cut wood, offcuts and boxes of cable and hardware into an organ to fit this space.

Lots to do today. Plan the build. Tidy my workspace. Take measurements from the old console and disassemble. Setup my tools. Hopefully it wont snow...

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Nearly Organlike

It is starting to get there. Now to decide where things will go, where to cut curves on the top. How much to adjust the bench down, etc

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