Violin Forum/Message Board

L P Reedy · Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 9:55 pm Post subject:

Make them, as in your link. I don't know where you could buy them. I haven't used them in metal or for deep holes. Obviously the end can be ground to make flat or variously shaped hole bottoms. I read about them many, many years ago and found the concept so simple that even I could remember it. I grind a little relief on the non-cutting side. If I need the hole to be in an exact location I either clamp the piece or start the hole with a regular bit.

kjb · Super Member Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385

thanks sounds like a nice project.

ctviolin · Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 10:07 pm Post subject:

So the top plate is now an even 3mm (thick) all over, (still plenty of meat for me to hack away at...) well smoothed out and ready to progress, so I can start to lay out the ff holes, and the bass bar placement, and the channel for the purfling and edge.

Well, since the purfling is already in, the thing I'm going to do next, actually, is cut the edge channel and finish the edge work and round the edges. Then I'll move on to the ff holes, the final thickness-ing, and bass bar.

For me, this is where I really start to look the most like an amateur. I will eventually take the time and training necessary to become a professional at this tedious aspect - but in fact, this is where I have always fallen short at least somewhat. That is - the edgework.

Any advice is welcome, and I will talk this over with anyone willing to talk about it.

It should go well and wind up close to looking almost professional. But the fact of the matter is, that I often antique the violin because it is more or less invisible and more acceptable - on a rough or "antique" plate. (rough edgework, that is.)

So there you go. Call me a fool - and you'd be right!

Pics to follow.
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actonern · Super Member Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 444

Craig, that Del Gesu STRAD magazine poster from behind the drill press is from the mid 80s, as I recall... you've been collecting for a while!

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fjodor · Member Joined: 28 Jan 2013 Posts: 60

I agree that the edge work is one of the hard parts of violin making. For me especially the corners are challenging in any respect.

Hope it's ok to post some pictures since there were talk about edge thicknessing before. I don't have a drill press so I do it the old fashion way. I scribe a line along the edge, usually 4 mm, a bit more in the c-bouts and button area and corner tips around 5mm. I then work almost to the line with a big gouge and take the last part with a broad chisel down to the line.

The result is not as perfect as with router on a drill press, but I find this part of the work very enjoyable for some reason...

kjb · Super Member Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385

funny how we enjoy different parts and tools , shape looks good. I am liking finger planes a lot now.

ctviolin · Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:49 pm Post subject:

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ctviolin · Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:04 pm Post subject:

ctviolin · Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 3:27 pm Post subject:

Ken Pollard · Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 5:06 pm Post subject:

kjb · Super Member Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385

thanks for the info link

CT or anyone else, are you using a toothed blade for roughing out?

ctviolin · Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 3:18 pm Post subject:

kjb · Super Member Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385

what is the blade width on your workhorse?

ctviolin · Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:35 pm Post subject:

DonLeister · Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2013 9:45 pm Post subject:

I would like to post some pics but I am still working on it.

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