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 Topic: My violin build |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
 Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue May 07, 2024 10:42 am Subject: My violin build |
| The rib garland is completed and I'm starting to work on the back plate.
https://i.postimg.cc/q7jFGJCz/Rib-garland.png[url=https://postimages.org/]upload for images |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:43 pm Subject: My violin build |
| Here's an update. I took a short break from the build to make a violin knife for me and a marking knife for someone who wanted one. This is 01 tool steel. Oil quenched and tempered.
I'll get ... |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:10 am Subject: My violin build |
| Shaping the corner blocks for the upper and lower bouts.
Link to youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUr1FRIFXqo https://i.postimg.cc/KjPF9t60/cutting-corner-blocks.png[url=http ... |
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| Topic: is this plade dead now ? |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 16 Views: 3951 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:08 am Subject: is this plade dead now ? |
| Dead'rn a door nail as we would say down south. it's true, a google search for violin forums this site doesn't even show up. I get lots of results for fiderlman and maestronet but not this one. O ... | |
| Topic: My violin build |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:38 am Subject: My violin build |
| A build update, a couple days ago I glued the C bout ribs to the corner blocks.
After the glue was dry I trimmed off the excess length. Next step will be shaping the upper and lower sides of the b ... |
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| Topic: My violin build |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:24 am Subject: My violin build |
| Bending the rib.
https://i.postimg.cc/KYDp1Skn/bending.png |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:23 am Subject: My violin build |
| Heating the bending iron.
https://i.postimg.cc/XvStZk20/torch.png |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:17 am Subject: My violin build |
| Back in the shop yesterday, I was shaping the C bout ribs. For a bending iron, I use an old iron pipe and a torch and a piece of an old leather belt for the strap. It's not glued to the form, I ju ... | |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:58 am Subject: My violin build |
| It's been a while since I worked on the violin due to holidays and bad weather.
Finally it warmed up a bit and I got back out to the shop. My computer crashed recently so I'm still trying to get ... |
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| Topic: is this plade dead now ? |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 16 Views: 3951 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:32 am Subject: is this plade dead now ? |
| Awesome wood quality for a form. the eventual violin will be stunning!!... looking forward to more posts!
Yeah, sad to see this forum shrink in participation, but super thanks to Michael D for hang ... |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 3:32 pm Subject: My violin build |
| I made a short video today, just gluing the corner blocks and end blocks to the form. I use modern glue for this, not hide glue since it's convenient and only temporary and will not be part of the fi ... | |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:58 pm Subject: My violin build |
| Here are some pictures of my block plane. I had two blades and used a dremel cutt off wheel to cut teeth into one blade.
https://i.postimg.cc/52BV21fd/block-plane.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/DybhRLD ... |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 3:43 pm Subject: My violin build |
| https://i.postimg.cc/HLCGx1mz/thickness-with-punch.pnghttps://i.postimg.cc/Cx8TSL3d/thickness-with-toothed-blade.png | |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:23 pm Subject: My violin build |
| Planeing ribs to the final thickness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXV2AbOH13Y |
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| MikeCooper Replies: 25 Views: 4153 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 3:51 am Subject: My violin build |
| Making some corner blocks.
Youtube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMdLk5mR_-g https://i.postimg.cc/Y9PCtTDH/Corner-blocks.png |
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