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Re: Something different with strings

Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2022 10:47 am
by Herman
tiny channels in maple by hand? Wow, I would not even start that. Looks fine from here
Herman

Re: Something different with strings

Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2022 11:43 am
by John Parchem
That is hard. Yours look like what I was happy with.

Re: Something different with strings

Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2022 11:13 pm
by Kevin in California
Making progress.
Back outdide arching is almost complete. Purfling is scraped down and is a little better than i expected. I guess ill go with it.
Started carving out the inside. Wall thickness is to be 5mm down the center between the C bouts gradually sloping down to 3mm around the perimeter. Lots of carving!

Re: Something different with strings

Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:19 pm
by John Parchem
looks great so far

Re: Something different with strings

Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2022 3:48 pm
by Kevin in California
Done with the carving of the inside of the back.
Now starting on the top

Re: Something different with strings

Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2022 10:15 pm
by Kevin in California
A little carving done on the top.
A long way to go!

Re: Something different with strings

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2022 7:27 pm
by Kevin in California
Put this aside for a few weeks to work on the OM build but picked this back up.
A few pics of the process so far and where I am now.

The top and back are about done but ready to glue onto the rims. There will be some final shaping around the perimeter and clean up of the surfaces after assembly.

Picture at end of the thing just pinned together and a dry run clamp up of the back.
Starting to look like a violin.