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A Marimba I built last year - took me a bit over half a year to complete. 61 keys made of Padauk, all hand-tuned, on a frame of Red Oak and Walnut (lemmy.ml)

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Was suggested to crosspost this here! Happy to see a woodworking community on Lemmy!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This old blog has all the info you'll need http://www.lafavre.us/tuning-marimba.htm

I used a bandsaw or router to cut out the rough arc, then a belt sander to fine tune

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh thanks but I meant like did you stain them or use oil on them or whatever ha

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Ah, I did a double coat of tung oil!