Hey Bill, what are you going to do with all the leftover rounds from your cutting?
I try to use every part of the wood, so the part of the sheet left after the cutting, as well as the wooden circles that drop out of the completed rings, are a useful resource for the next stage of things:
1) headband blocks with screw tighteners to prevent slipping/swinging gimbal-rod madness;
2) gimbal-rod toppers made of wood to add a sense of elegance and style;
3) wooden y-splitters; and
4) wooden rods to replace metal terminal covers, to add style and reduce crosstalk/interference at the terminator junction.
As I experiment with shell design, I make more shells than I'll end up using, some of them the equivalent of "B-stock" and some of them just surplus. I might send them over to the classified section, but I have to be careful not to violate Headfi rules. There's a ban on flipping, so if I do sell the extra rings, it'll be more along the lines of recouping costs of wood and lacquer rather than the attempt to make the big bucks. There are also anti-flipping rules about selling something right after you make it. One of these days, when I have my game down, I may join the ranks of those who have their own websites and their own business on the side, but right now, I'm more of an enthusiastic hobbyist. I think I sell more than I buy or trade, enough to earn my wife's continuing raised eyebrow.
