New crank organ build

Tom, how is your woodshed in this type of weather?
I have an oil filled electric space heater. I have been leaving it on 24/7 in the winter. It does a very good job. If I need more heat, I have a small bench top ceramic heater I can turn on for a quick heat up, but I don't usually have to run it more than about 15 minutes once I enter the shop. I feel the oil filled heater is fairly safe. It may cost me another $10-$20 per month in electric costs but I feel it is worth it to me to have a shop to go out to whenever I want. If I don't have any ongoing projects in the winter, then I won't have any heat on in the shop.
 
I have a small bench top ceramic heater I can turn on for a quick heat up

Another option - that I'm pretty sure I saw someone here originally discuss (maybe Chas Jones? I think?) is a heat lamp or two over the bench which is VERY nice because it's a bit more indirect but still warms up your work surface nicely. I use a couple of chicken incubation lights I got from the farm store.
 
I have an oil filled electric space heater. I have been leaving it on 24/7 in the winter. It does a very good job. If I need more heat, I have a small bench top ceramic heater I can turn on for a quick heat up, but I don't usually have to run it more than about 15 minutes once I enter the shop. I feel the oil filled heater is fairly safe. It may cost me another $10-$20 per month in electric costs but I feel it is worth it to me to have a shop to go out to whenever I want. If I don't have any ongoing projects in the winter, then I won't have any heat on in the shop.

Good to know about the oil filled electric space heater. I only asked because I figured you must have added heat otherwise building this intricate parts would not work if they weren't acclimated. The build is coming along nicely and look forward to hearing it on a video.
 
I'm currently working on the main board that all the pipes will mount on. This organ will have 4 ranks of pipes that can be turned on or off with the pull of a knob allowing the organ to play the tune with a different set of pipes at any given time I choose. The photo shows the many strips of wood cut to create the slides. They have to be very precise to allow them to be loose enough to slide yet be tight enough to stop the air flow to the pipes when closed off. Here is also a photo of the bass pipes with their mounts attached and ready for voicing. One photo shows a "stopper" wrapped in leather. This is what tunes the pipes by adjusting the depth of the stopper. These five pipes are mounted to the bottom side of the organ. The front lips are attached with rubber bands until they are set correctly then glued in place.
 

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I got the main windchest box built and mounted to the main board. This box will house 21 puffs and valves. I also got all my slider "stops" drilled and mounted into position today. 216 holes drilled and 64 screws to mount them. Ranks of pipes will set directly on top of these slider stops. The stops will allow me to operate 4 different ranks of pipes through the pull of a knob (yet to be fitted).
 

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Got the main windchest in its final stage. I've now added the rear plate that has a leather seal to seal in the air in the chest. You can see the main air inlet in the middle of the plate. I've also finished the bleed bar assembly. The air hoses from the pressure box feed down to this bleed bar and out to the pipes. The screws allow the air to each pipe to be regulated as needed.
 

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