Making Mother of Pearl Tuning Keys for the Hand Tool Only Build

Making tuning keys from upcycled mother of pearl disks taken from an old handbag, Ben Crowe the https://www.crimsonguitars.com/ master luthier has another digression in the story of the hand tool only build. This small travel guitar is being built with (apart from a few slip ups) unpowered hand tools and from a single 4" x 4" mahogany fence post..

Ben loves upcycling and reusing unlikely materials and these new tuning keys are a great example of the art that can be made with a little ingenuity and a massive tool collection.
#motherofpearl #tuners #handtools #luthier #guitarbuilder

Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Luthier Tips, Tricks & Training
2:00 Upcycling Mother of Pearl discs from an old hand bag
4:00 Preparing the MOP material for gluing (spot levelling file)
5:00 Time to cut and file
5:58 Public Safety Announcement when using a jewellers saw
7:53 Designing custom tuner key heads
9:44 Cutting and filing
11:05 Fitting & making side pieces
13:18 Music based jewellery?!
14:05 Side pieces
17:03 Cleaning up for glue and finishing the edges
19:19 Cleaning up the cured glue
21:21 Fitting custom parts to the tuner mechanism
22:29 The point of no return?
24:00 Troubleshooting
25:09 Drilling into stone with hand tools....not fun
27:41 Counter sinking into stone
29:40 Putting it all together
30:25 The finer details & a conclusion

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Ben's camera setup includes: the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro, Prime Cameras (Front facing and over the bench) Canon EOS 250D, suspended from the ceiling (bench side) Canon EOS 90D, and on the movable tripod a Canon M6 Mark II

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