Building a Hurdy Gurdy

Story of a hurdy gurdy - Baptiste Schieberlein

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baptiste

Building the main bridge

Hello,

This weekend I started to think about how to build the Hurdy Gurdy keyboard. I will certainly order a Plexiglas guide on Damengo (a company specialised in laser cutting) ! I asked them for a quote, so I will see what they answer !

As a result, I took some time to build the main bridge !

Here is the piece of wood that will be used for the main bridge and the Hurdy Gurdy ears:

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I printed a bridge model and I glued it on the piece of wood at the right place in order to get the correct thickness:

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I cut it with my scroll saw (and I used also my drill press to make the water drop shape in the middle):

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Here it is after some sanding:

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See you again!