My First Commisson

[Alex Franke]

Very cool. I have a couple of old keyboards I can fix up like that too! Neat idea.

What does the back look like?

[SHADOWFOX]

Nicely done piece! Very nice photos as well, thank you very much for sharing!

[drumpriest]

Great idea and nice execution. I've done some commission work too, and I always super under charge. It's funny, people are never willing to pay what it's worth. They love the results, but if I tried to charge anywhere near what I should, they'd just go buy some Ikea piece of junk instead.

[DonHo]

Nice idea but then I would need to claim the income too! It may be a bit early for that, not sure the IRS would be impressed with $1000s of dollars worth of tools with only $250 income.

I don't know, farmers have doing doing it for years

DonHo

[poolhound]

Very cool. I have a couple of old keyboards I can fix up like that too! Neat idea.

What does the back look like?

I didnt take any shots of the back and its now been picked up. Essentially the back and the top are a single removeable "L" shaped piece which was inset into the base and sides. The base had glue/support blocks along the bottom and sides which I used CS brass screws to attach the back to.

Deciding on the attachment strategy and design was the hardest part and I am sure would differ from one KBD to another. The design needed to be able to allow the keyboard to be removed. There were 2 V. small screws holding the position of a plate below the front of the keys. On each side there were 2 mounting holes. I glued a support block under each of these which held the keyboard rock solid. If you look in the photos you will see two cover plates that I screwed through into these blocks with brass RH screws.

[SARGE..g-47]

Very nice job, Jon. And the photo-graphy is superb. What I would give.... oh well.

Regards...

[poolhound]

Very nice job, Jon. And the photo-graphy is superb. What I would give.... oh well.

Regards...

Thanks Sarge,

I am sure you cant be talking about your WWing as I have seen your projects and you're way ahead of me.

On the photo front, these were just some quick "snaps" I took as I didnt have the time to setup anything too fancy.

As Tom (TB Roye), has found once you get a grip on some basic principles so you control the camera rather than the other way around you can dramatically improve your results. Even with relatively basic equipment.

Always happy to help anybody whose interested.

[GPA61]

Beautiful !!!!!

[John Hunter]

Very nice.

[docrowan]

Beautiful! And congratulations on a paid commission!

[poolhound]

Thanks folks for the encouraging feedback. As of yesterday I just got another commission, still not worth much in $s but should be fun and creative.

[RonT]

How much to charge

Nice work, Jon! First commission, odds are you undercharged.

That's the proverbial question it's it? How much do you charge.

I just finished a small project for my wife and wondered why it took me over 200 hours to complete, then I counted the pieces (139) that had to be cut and fitted.

How much would I charge for that as a commission; I wouldn't be able to sell it!

I'd like to do commissioned work when I retire in a couple of years.

[RonT]

How do you add photos to a post ???