Here it is, prior to stain and varnish.

I have finished staining and varnishing, and it looks quite good. Photo in the next installment.

There are several sub-projects on the go:

• Finishing the panel (drilling and felting). This depends on there being a warm, sunny day when I’m not at work. Possibly next weekend.
• Replacement rocker tabs. I have sent a sample off to surfacescan.co.uk, and I am awaiting the finished mesh (probably a couple of weeks). I think they will be able to produce my new tabs, too.
• Interstitial circuit. I need to convert the tab board matrix output into discrete ouputs, using a SOC and some ‘555 chips. This is the project currently burning holes in my brain.

Still, it’s good to be busy, I am told.