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Photo Essay of the Violin Making Process

A comprehensive photos essay about the violin making process.
Note: This page is still under construction.  Please check back later for updated slideshow.
 
 
Rough Arching, Outlines

Model and Materials


Rib Structure

 

Rough Arching,

Outlines

 

Channeling,Final Arching, Graduating


FF Holes, Bass Bar


Scroll,

Fingerboard

 

Closing the Box, Purfling

 

Setting the Neck, Finishing the Woodwork

 

Varnish and Setup

The outline is first sawn out on a bandsaw leaving about a millimeter of extra overhang.  The plates are rough arched to approximately their final shape, then fingerplaned smooth.  The final outline is then carved with a knife and flat fingerplane as well as files and rasps.

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