Bars ready for tuning...

...in 3 weeks or so, but today the coarse woodwork on the bars has been finished, and the line oil glazing needs to dry 2-3 weeks. So here are just some impressions of the bars, after sanding, bevelling, fine sanding and applying one layer of line oil glaze.

 This is the inside of the vacuum cleaner dust bag, which got full again. I am very happy to see the red powder insider that bag, and not evenly distributed over the whole workshop!

 Nonetheless, I use a dust mask of a grade marked for hard wood sanding and lead plumbing...somewhat discomforting to find that in the same category. Here are a couple of bars ready to be glazed. Note the very smooth orange colour!

 In this closeup, the nice bevelling cut done with the router can be seen. IMHO, it really adds a stylish touch to the bars.

 Marimba bar, from front.

 Marimba Bar Lane, West.

Here are all marimba bars, drying in the garden shed, after applying line oil glaze. The colour darkened to a deep red-orange glow. In the shed, there's almost no dust, no wind, and it gets quite warm in there, so its ideal to let the bars dry for the next 2-3 weeks or so.

Next up: More woodwork, since the frame needs to be constructed. Also, I'd like to find out more about the influence of the arc shape on the sound of the bar. Finally, I've got some ideas on how to suspend the bars other than just drilling a hole through them and put them on a thread. So one of these topics will get covered, so stay tuned!