Violin Forum/Message Board

Howdy,

Twice today I received email that I have a private message. But there was no actual message. Just wondering if this is a glitch, or maybe spam stuff that get removed before I get to them, or ...

Special note: we still don't know who let the dogs out

TRUTH is the dogs are out and the gate is open, but who operated the latch? What made those dogs get out? Were they looking for the greener gr ...

For these newly CITES species, does anyone know if a receipt is enough to prove that acquisition was done pre-CITES listing?

cheers,
Cosmin

The blade will cut a little bit into the guide plate. But considering the blade does not go all the way down, that part of the plane sole with no blade is your actual registration to the plate.

The ...

Bet the knife is a joy to sharpen. I think I saw the grinding fixture needed at some point and it's massive.

cheers,
wm_crash

I am told it's similar to yellow cedar, if not yellow cedar itself.

cheers,
wm_crash

I have a few dozen japanese planes, from the regular bench planes to the specialized joinery types. They are very interesting and very fun to play with. each plane has its own quirks that you need to ...

Just jotted down to read everything before jumping to conclusions.

cheers,
wm_crash, the friendly hooligan

The more I think about it, the more I think you placed the blades bevel up like in a block plane. These planes with a 45 degree bed are not block planes, they are like mini bench planes. A 45 degree b ...

Hi,

Apologies if my suggestions here will sound insulting, but since planes don't work, everything is on the table.

- are you sure you installed blades bevel down?

- can your blades easily po ...

I grew up on my grandparents' subsistence farm in a small village in Romania. Wiki says the village has 1760 people. I doubt it. At age 7, moved to the city with my parents so I could go to a decent s ...

Not a good idea to use methylene blue to preserve the mix longer, eh? Smile

cheers,
Cosmin

I made a bunch of purfling a while back. Gave it a fresh coat of 25% glycerine solution, and then placed it in a (thankfully) transparent plastic tube. The purfling started to develop small spots of m ...

Alright, so last night I was so swayed by the Canadian dollar value that I ordered a book from Lemuel. If you're outside of Canada, this is a good time to buy stuff that is priced in Canadian dollars. ...

Giving up fiddle making? I need to go wish him good health while I beat some sense into him.

cheers,
Cosmin