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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

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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