![It’s been a few days since my last post. I actually worked on a few little odds and ends since the last post but nothing significant as I was waiting for my calipers to arrive so I could check the thickness of the strips I […]](wp-content/uploads/2012/06/violin-day-7-640x250.jpg "Building a Violin Day 7")
![Today was all about learning how to bend wood. I need to pretty much know what I’m doing before I start trying to bend the real violin rib wood because there’s basically jut enough to do the violin without much room for mistakes or scrap. […]](wp-content/uploads/2012/06/violin-day-6-640x250.jpg "Building a Violin Day 6")
![Well, it is the 5th day since I started but I really didn’t do anything on the violin other than square up one edge on the form. I did get the wood in though, as well as a few other things that I’ll need. I […]](wp-content/uploads/2012/06/violin-day-5-640x250.jpg "Building a Violin Day 5 (sort of)")
![Today’s task was to cut to shape the corner and top and bottom blocks. The first step was to plane the blocks to be flush with the violin building form. Next, I transferred the pattern onto the blocks. Once I’d neatened up the pattern using […]](wp-content/uploads/2012/06/violin-day-4-640x250.jpg "Building a Violin Day 4")
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Building a Violin Day 7
It’s been a few days since my last post. I actually worked on a few little odds and ends since the last post but nothing significant as I was waiting... -
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Building a Violin Day 5 (sort of)
Well, it is the 5th day since I started but I really didn’t do anything on the violin other than square up one edge on the form. I did get...
![It’s been a few days since my last post. I actually worked on a few little odds and ends since the last post but nothing significant as I was waiting for my calipers to arrive so I could check the thickness of the strips I […]](wp-content/uploads/2012/06/violin-day-7-195x110.jpg "Building a Violin Day 7")
![Today was all about learning how to bend wood. I need to pretty much know what I’m doing before I start trying to bend the real violin rib wood because there’s basically jut enough to do the violin without much room for mistakes or scrap. […]](wp-content/uploads/2012/06/violin-day-6-195x110.jpg "Building a Violin Day 6")
![Well, it is the 5th day since I started but I really didn’t do anything on the violin other than square up one edge on the form. I did get the wood in though, as well as a few other things that I’ll need. I […]](wp-content/uploads/2012/06/violin-day-5-195x110.jpg "Building a Violin Day 5 (sort of)")
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