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Starting Body Construction

A project log for The Open Woodwind Project

An Electronic Aerophone with focus on usability as an instrument.

j-m-hopkinsJ. M. Hopkins 03/06/2015 at 01:200 Comments

Introduction: I'm going to start showing the progress on the physical construction of the instrument. If there are any questions please let me know with comments. I'll try to post as I go, so please subscribes, skull, etc to keep up to date!

Make Paper Template of Body Ribbing - The internal cavity of the instrument is a hexagon, with a diagonal cross section of 5cm (about 2 inches). Using a compass and ruler I created a paper template to transfer to the wood.

Cut out Master Body Ribbing - Trace the paper template onto the wood, and cutout the master body ribbing template which will be used to create all the other ribbing pieces.

Test fit the circuit board to the wooden template - The circuit boards I'm using are 5cm wide, so I test fit the board to insure a snug fit into the instrument during construction.

Rip 1/8" boards from larger stock - After setting a guard to rip wood at 1/8", six pieces were created to become the body pieces of the instrument.

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