Tools

The keyboard is coming along nicely although it doesn't look a lot different than it did a week ago. I wasted quite a lot of time worrying about how well the keytops for the sharp keys were going to fit until I realized that it was pointless even thinking about this until all of the natural keys were lined up and spaced correctly.

Once all of the natural keys were done it became apparent that all of the sharps would actually fit OK. The C# above middle C is a little tight but by the time the keytops have all been sanded there should be enough clearance.

Meanwhile I also spent some time getting my block plane into good working order. I found a very helpful video on YouTube that describes how to do this.



Getting the sole of the plane really smooth took a long time but once it is done it has an almost mirror finish and looks like this:


Seen here with a cat's paw to establish the scale ...


... and, of course, once you have a plane you also have wood shavings ...