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Re: A violin project begins #4

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2024 11:15 pm
by 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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Re: A violin project begins #4

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2024 10:00 pm
by John Parchem
Nice! I love the figure of the back and sides. The workmanship is gorgeous.

Re: A violin project begins #4

Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2024 1:22 am
by peter havriluk
Thanks for the pictures and comments.

I think this summer has chased everybody indoors.

Re: A violin project begins #4

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 11:55 am
by Kevin in California
Thanks guys

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

Re: A violin project begins #4

Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 1:30 pm
by peter havriluk
This is enchanting!

Re: A violin project begins #4

Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2024 11:04 pm
by 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.

Re: A violin project begins #4

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:48 am
by 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