Category: violinmaking
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This time is real, no more rehearsal
I’ve been away from the violin making for a while. Now I’m happy I’m back! A luthier in Tokyo advised me to go ahead with the real tonewood instead of practicing with the similar wood from the home center. So I’m doing it this time. I’m also practicing the orchestra music. It takes time since…
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Chisels and spare tonewoods
I wish I could get everything from one store so that would be easier and faster! But it’s impossible because no one is perfect. So I had to choose one from here and the other from there and so on… It took a while, but the researches for violin making tools is almost there to…
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Masakichi Suzuki Biography
I’m a fan of old Suzuki violins made in early 1900’s. When I started looking for my personal instrument, I assumed that old Japanese violins were good because the Japanese pianos made in 1950’s and 1960’s are really nice from my experience as a piano technician. My expectation was not quite accurate with the historical…
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Additional Planes
Although my first block plane, Stanley 6-1/4 in BAILEY® Low Angle Block Plane, seemed to be OK, i wasn’t sure if I could flatten a wide plate with it. So I started to think a bench plane would be necessary. この投稿をInstagramで見る Kaccho’s Violin(@kacchovn)がシェアした投稿 Many violin making superiors says Stanley was the most popular back in…
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Corner Block Curves
By applying the bent ribs on the corner blocks, it was clear that the cuts were inaccurate. So it had to be a start over. It’s a relief that I didn’t use the actual spruce tonewood but some scrap wood. I took another piece of white wood that I got from a home center. Even…
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Rib Bending Test
This first attempt on rib bending with the hot iron wasn’t bad, I guess. When I use a machine for first time, I often doubt if it explodes. That makes me nervous. The heat iron has to gain its temperature up to 220 degree Celsius that can’t burn even a piece of paper. But somewhat…
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Block Plane Set Up
The block plane I got needed to be set up as I posted previously. The blade doesn’t come off evenly. So I needed this corrected. There are numerous descriptions about plane set up on the internet so this article won’t talk about every single step precisely. I just did filing the edge where the blade…
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Block Plane
Next work will be C bout ribs preparation: thickness and bending. They won’t be glued. It’s just checking to see if the ribs can fit to the corner blocks at this point. If it does, the corner blocks will be replaced with spruce. Then finally glued with ribs. There is another task I need before…
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Woodworking Vise
While working on the corner blocks attached to the mold, I realized the mold had to be held tightly and fixed. I looked for a woodworking vise for sale at the beginning, and soon I decided to make one. I chose to spend time rather than money. I would look for a replacement for a…
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Clamp Prototype
Thread winding core rods from a spinning mill are here. I don’t remember how I reached to this information nor why I was looking for the things like them. Clearly, I got them not for the purpose that I came up with. I’m sure I ended up once they would be no use, Now they…
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