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So heres what we got.
2025-06-22
Went to ace for more spring steel. Trying to add a extra layer to the sandwich, no workin that great? The extra layer defenetly makes it all harder to tune easy. The amount of pressure needed from the wingnuts is alot harder now too. Mabye the extra top notes arn't worth it? It seamed like the tone was fine once it was all really clamped down, but idk. Maaaabyyyee. Might also want to consider another way. Say diffrent towers for each layer, put the screws on the bottom? ehhhhh
2025-06-20
Went to ace again for some wing nuts and machine screws. Its really not that fun when you have to find an allen key to tune a instrument. WIng nuts are awsome.
Went to the local Wood Emporium. Dope ass place love the dude who runs the place. Got some thin pieces of maple. Should be hard enough but might want somthing sharper. Cut a wider piece down so now we got 3 strips with incressing width. Top ones about 2cm.
Holes drilled 1 inch apart with a power drill.
Forgot to put a piece of wood under to drill throug into, got some drill out or whatever its called.
Heres what we got workin. Each level is for a diffrent diameter of music wire.
Made a jig to bend the wire. Switched to a heavy hardwood. The pine pieces couldn't keep the pivot point ridged.
The bending is for overtones. These are tuned to 2 octaves above the bottom. Need to bend in a more consistant manner. -> tune all tines first, then mark half way, then bend to 2 octave overtone.
2025-06-19
Got some music wire / piano wire / tempered steel rod from a local ace hardware. We got 1.5mm, 2mm, 1.2mm. The think for the low notes the thin for the high notes.
2025-06-18
So heres what we got.