Gothichome wrote:Casey, another example of your great work and attention to detail. I noticed you got most of the slots on your fasteners growing in the same direction. How do you get the keys so white, I would expect them to have been ivory?
The screws there are in the same direction because those parts get regulated later on for fine adjustment, so it's just how I put them in. They will be underneath the upper keyboard and never seen.
The keys are celluloid, and I clean them by wet-sanding with 1500 & 2000 grit paper, then polish with a x-fine rubbing compound. I lightly sand the wood keysticks to get the embedded dirt off. Then steel wool to pull out the sanding dust.
I polish the screws by chucking them into a cordless drill and removing the scaly rust with sandpaper, then fine sandpaper and finally a tiny wire wheel brush in the dremel tool, all while the screw itself is spinning in the drill. For screws that will be on the outside of the cabinet, I further shine them up with jeweler's rouge.
I have actually heard a few sounds from her, but there are a few roadblocks that I need to overcome until she can be assembled and then regulated and finally tuned; and I'm not even going to mention the refinishing.
Casey
technically If there is a nut then you can have the right torque and align the screws but not the case with wood screws. I met an electrician that tightened each screw on cover plates to align vertically.. good god