Lin - Thanx for the URL. I think a hurdy gurdy is going to have to wait until I amass a few more tools. I didn't realize I would need some of the tools they claim to have needed. Then again, maybe I can just buy those parts.

Bluejay - it seems I've seen said catalog before; it focused on guitar parts mostly, yes? I'd refer to that where I couldn't make parts (tuning pegs?) but for the most part I like to do things from scratch. The first dulcimer I build started as two planks and some rough directions. I like the challenge of building things, and, no disrespect intended, to me a kit seems like getting a puzzle that's already half done. I take more joy in the journey than in the destination (at least in making things).