It has been several months now and you can see how quickly the Osage Orange has darkened.
I think the chocolate/orange is very handsome. I’m changing out the original steel screws with brass, a few at a time. As they get some tarnish, I think they will look great!
The next item to craft was an endpin. Previously, the endpin was too small, and had been poorly shimmed. Consequently, the tapered hole in the end block had elongated. I like a fixed length endpin, so I dug around my shop and found a piece of 1 1/4 aluminum conduit. It was slightly oversized and cylindrical, so I chucked it in the lathe and cut a slight taper on it, squeezed the tapered end gently, and oval-ized it. After several trial fittings and tweaks, it fit just right. Then lathe-cut a shallow groove for the tail wire, cut it to length, and popped on a rubber cap! No fuss, no muss!
The next item to craft was an endpin. Previously, the endpin was too small, and had been poorly shimmed. Consequently, the tapered hole in the end block had elongated. I like a fixed length endpin, so I dug around my shop and found a piece of 1 1/4 aluminum conduit. It was slightly oversized and cylindrical, so I chucked it in the lathe and cut a slight taper on it, squeezed the tapered end gently, and oval-ized it. After several trial fittings and tweaks, it fit just right. Then lathe-cut a shallow groove for the tail wire, cut it to length, and popped on a rubber cap! No fuss, no muss!
