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 a french curve, I did the cutting on a band saw. The last step, not seen in the video, was about two hours of sanding and checking to make sure that all the block edges were square with the bottom of the form.
If I ever do this again, I think I’ll try to keep the band saw a bit further from the cut line. I’ll use small diameter sanding wheels on the drill press to get down to the final shape and by doing so, keep everything square as I go.
Here’s a video showing most of what I did. Oh, and my apologies… I did not practice violin today so no tortuous background music 😉
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