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On this page i will show some things i'm working on  | |  | little melting oven,in the backyard
| | zinc is starting to burn off
| Here the project is the making of a missing tuner for a very old set,German,all hand made, from a time when farmers were filing pieces at home,in the winter time, when there was not much to do at all.  | |  | | knob of a Rieger model,just cast in petrobond | | Wrought iron,sourced from a very old gate.Will be used for a copy,to complete a set of Rieger tuners. |  | |  | brass template,on top of the blank,as an aid in filing the correct shape of the teeth
| | some time later... |  | |  | here the pieces beginning to take shape,near the original
| | almost done
|  | |  | the knob,in a temporary holder,to aid in drilling.At this stage it's easy to ruin the piece
| | knob fitted,the protuding pin is to be peened.All the pieces have been aged,but are not ready yet.
|  | |  | | the new,left,near the old | | all together,i'm pretty sure you won't spot the difference after some time of use.
| This project is a birthday present for a friend,a cigarbox guitar,or more correctly, a cardboard box guitar. 
| reinforced with some layers of paper
| it's all made from stuff that was lying around 
| the little amplifier is for the piezo pick-up |
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