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Haven't tried my hand at it yet, but i dare say it seems a rewarding project.

Haven't tried my hand at it yet, but i dare say it seems a rewarding project.

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This would be cool. Its way beyond my skill and tool set right now though. I hope you do this and post pictures. Even the name hurdy gurdy is cool.

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shit, i just told the other guy i don't like taking on projects without a general sense of when i'll complete them... i'll give it a shot, but we may all be on another site by then.

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It would take awhile unless this kind of stuff was a full time job. I wont ask you to do it because its obviously a large project. I'd love to see it but I can understand why you might not want to commit to something so large.

Either way, I always like seeing you woodworking posts. Always nice work. That Cardinals thing had some nice scroll saw(I think) work. The thin linear cuts, band saw, whatever it was.

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thanks! scroll saw, it was.

the hurdy gurdy build has been floating around in my noggin for a time now. i do hope to get past the thinking about doing it stage and into the doing of it.

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I love hurdy gurdys! The sound, the buzzing bridge, the fact that it's the only keyed instrument you can bend notes on (Unless there's an even more obscure instrument out there)

Some awesome stuff can be played on a Hurdy Gurdy. I don't think I could ever build one though. I know they were building them in the middle ages with simple hand tools, but there's a reason it costs 2 grand to buy one today. Workmanship.

But who knows, maybe in 5 years I'll take on the task. The idea of needing to ship an instrument to it's maker to get repairs is not something I'm into, and building the thing myself means I know how to fix it.

Decisions.

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for sure, the body itself doesn't seem daunting, but the mechanics of it... i prefer to take on projects if i can generally sense how long they will take. i'd have to build this one its own room.

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Yeah I haven't looked through the plans, but it seems that by the time you figure out the best way to build things, construct jigs, get the right tools, you'll be kitted out to start manufacturing en-mas lol

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the jigs are pretty straight forward. i guess i'll never know if i don't give it a try. we'll see.

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Love me some Patty Gurdy (youtube.com).

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a delightful las, but i prefer the eluveite (youtube.com)

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She was in Storm Seeker (youtube.com) for a while.