Violin Forum/Message Board

Yes you would think that after an hour of simmering it would be easy. The wood grain is very "wavey". The wood breaks with the grain of course and the brake has a 45' edge to it. So the g ...

OK, I suppose it doesn't matter how it gets done as long as it gets done! Smile

If I boil the wood and after an hour in the pot it still doesn't want to bend, I have to put it back into the pot? It's ...

Well it sure sounds easy. I have tried it both ways. Didn't want to work. If I keep the iron on the wood extra long (just to see what happens) the wood dried up and became stiff!

When bending th ...

Well I tried it on a "practice" piece of stripped maple. Didn't want to bend for me. In fact it seems like it got harder to bend ! More britle ???

Menessis

OK I happened upon this site. http://www.scavm.com/awfribs.htm Kind of an interesting way to bend ribs. And since I don't have a bending iron I thought it may be worth a look. Has anyone else done ...

After looking at Mapleleaf_gal's pic (very nice BTW) I'm thinking my corner blocks are a lot smaller than most. I used an outside pattern for a mold to get the pattern I'm using for a Strad. From the ...

Yes I came to that conclusion last night. I wasn't too far from Exotic Woods so in I went and grabbed a couple of neck blanks and more wood for blocks as well as a piece for linings. A few cuts with ...

Hey thanks for all the replies. I kind new that already but thought I would ask anyways.

But now I have another question! After looking at Mapleleaf_gal's pic (very nice BTW) I'm thinking my corn ...

I am about to start my first Violin. I have the mold made and the blocks. Now I'm thinking of linings. I'm wondering if there is any reason why I can't cut the taper on the linings before gluing th ...

I have cut out a blank to do my first "practice" carving of the scroll. I figure I may as well do the peg holes too while I'm at it. Is there a "method" or a patern to follow to ...