From c_schonberger@yahoo.com Thu Feb 09 14:13:10 2006
Subject:B3 spun legs

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am planning on making my own B3 cabinet for the Hammond XK3 and XLK3 (lower keyboard). I am band leader and Hammond player in a gospel choir. A real B3 (or even a new B3) would be ideal, but for an array of reasons (weight/dimensions/lack of road-resistance) it is not feasible - so I went for the next best thing and I am willing to invest in it.
I have plans with exact dimensions but the spun legs are incorrectly depicted in the plans I have since they show a straight line along the long (main) part which gradually reduces its diameter from up to down. On photos I can see that the contour is rounded as opposed to straight. I never had the luck to see a real B3.
So I ask anyone with access to a real B3 to kindly take a caliper and forward the exact diameter(s) of the spun legs. I just need: 1) the largest diameter (on the top where it is rounded - (someone mentioned the resemblance of a female body shape being an inspiration for the original designers), 2) The smallest diameter (before the complex pattern on top of the low segments with a square cross section) 3) one or two diameters in the middle between these two and the exact distance from any given point (can be counting from the bottom) to pinpoint the diameter.

Thanks so much in advance for your kind help.
I promise to post pictures of my project as soon as I start.
Christian


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