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I found a Chinese Rotary drill for just over £6. (£20 off ). That is one of the few that have a threaded collar on the body of the drill .It`s a similar layout to Dremel . I will see if that is a mo ...

The question is will the attachment fit the Dremel type machine you have . I thought Dremels were the most likely ones to fit the thread . As is most likely ,whoever we ask there will be no reply . ...

There are very cheap violins from China in the white.Complete except for varnish . A good oportunity to experiment . The back only has one job to do .It responds to the soundpost. The top has to respo ...

One of the features of the most damaged violin I am renovating is that each "component" has been separated and the edges have been cleaned . The reconstruction has had every joint fully glue ...

I thought I bagged a bargain on AliExpress . It was an attachment to hold fine drills to cut out the purfling grooves .One of my least favourite jobs . I have a Dremel drill but the threaded plastic e ...

In the early stages of finding out about violin making --exactness in detail is not worth worrying about .Exactness in sharpening is very important though . Some things matter more than others . The b ...

[quote="John Cadd"]The reconstruction of the worst damaged top has been completed. Some joints glued with cold hide glue were taken apart as they disturbed the arching lines .There were a nu ...

The reconstruction of the worst damaged top has been completed. Some joints glued with cold hide glue were taken apart as they disturbed the arching lines .There were a number of hot hide glued joints ...

The interlocking way to join violin parts has developed nicely now . The most damaged violin had 2 full length splits ,following the grain. The most delicate part is 3/16th inch wide just passing alon ...

[quote="John Cadd"]A light test on the second back ,holding the plate against a stron light shows a thin patch of light near the top end about 2 inches long.That will not be a problem with A ...

The varnish colour looks good .That is in one layer? The usual way is to start clear --then yellow--then add on other colours till the deepest one . I don`t know why .That`s a vague collection of my i ...

A light teast on the second back ,holding the plate against a stron light shows a thin patch of light near the top end about 2 inches long.That will not be a problem with Araldite,which is a better ga ...

The second back is now put together. This time I used the same Araldite glue ,plus paper tape stretched across and then the brass crack clamps . I had not used these brass clamps before .They arrived ...

Some helpful home made tools or jigs are only seldom used , and even if you made them yourself it is a mystery what they are for. I began writing the use of each jig on the thing itself . Yesterday I ...

The second back to be repaired is easier than the first . The trick is to make all the interlocking pegs exactly the same.The back of the pegs are glued away from the split .One quarter inch from the ...