A violin project begins #4

[Kevin in California]

I've made some progress since the last post but its been slow going. Over 30 days so far above 100 degrees so shop times been limited.

I did get the top and back carving done and the bass bar done on the top. Im gluing the back to the corpus today.

Maybe tomorrow I'll glue the top on. Using Fish glue for this.

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[John Parchem]

Nice! I love the figure of the back and sides. The workmanship is gorgeous.

[peter havriluk]

Thanks for the pictures and comments.

I think this summer has chased everybody indoors.

[Kevin in California]

Thanks guys

I did get the corpus closed up and begin the neck bandsawing away the extra wood.

[peter havriluk]

This is enchanting!

[Kevin in California]

I have been working on this project and actually strung the violin up today in the white.....no finish yet. Before I realized I'd not taken a picture of it I was already disassembling it to prep it for finishing.

I'll start that Monday
I have this picture after I'd stripped it down. The fingerboard is also removed and will be glued back on after the finish is done.

[Kevin in California]

Sealed the surface with gelitan and brushed on some yellow brown dye today as a base color.
Today I'll put on a couple coats of clear oil varnish and maybe one coat of color that ive mixed up. I'm going for a mostly brownish with a hint of yellow and red finish