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Topic: Show me your scrapers |
sebastiaan56
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:47 pm Subject: Show me your scrapers |
Thank you, that has been very useful. There is nothing worse than blood on spruce.
For scraping spruce does anyone have a preferred angle for the . Normally I roll a burr over a 90 degree edge. It ... |
Topic: Show me your scrapers |
sebastiaan56
Replies: 8
Views: 14751
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:17 pm Subject: Show me your scrapers |
Hi everyone,
Im up to the bit where Im starting to scrape curved surfaces to refine the shape of the black plate. It seems to me that making scrapers is easy and they can be infinitely customised. ... |
Topic: Some newbie type questions |
sebastiaan56
Replies: 2
Views: 5691
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:31 am Subject: Some newbie type questions |
| My experience is in guitars and bent top mandolins. I understand the importance of using historical instruments as guides for making excellent instruments today but as I educate myself on violin makin ... |
Topic: Can we... or should we... have a tool makers forum? |
sebastiaan56
Replies: 23
Views: 22668
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 1:20 am Subject: Can we... or should we... have a tool makers forum? |
| As a violin newbie I was going to ask for some details on what to look for in a post setter so I would really value a tools area. Searches produce lots of hits but also a lot of less relevant informat ... |
Topic: Hello from Australia |
sebastiaan56
Replies: 1
Views: 6125
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Forum: Introduction, Rules and Suggestions Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:58 pm Subject: Hello from Australia |
Hi everyone,
I'm Sebastiaan from the Blue Mountains. I'm an amateur instrument builder. I have made guitars, Mandolins, Mandolas, Jews Harps and more then a few Whistles. I can play all of the abov ... |
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