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The lower and upper ribs
After cutting the corner blocks and upper and lower blocks, it is now time to bend the ribs. この投稿をInstagramで見る Kaccho’s Violin(@kacchovn)がシェアした投稿 Bending the ribs isn’t really a hard task, but fitting them to the corner blocks is difficult. The ribs, the corner blocks and the clamping blocks must fit perfectly each other. I must find…
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The C Bouts Trimmed and More Clamping Blocks
The C Bouts were glued and the clamps were removed. To prepare for the upper and bottom ribs, the clamping blocks are needed. The book says hard wood was used for the blocks. Instead, my choice was to use home center white wood and cut it so the grain presses the corner block perpendicularly. View…
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C Bouts Ribs Glued
This was a long way to reach to this point: the first glue to parts that form the body of the violin(the corner blocks were glued to the mould which will be detached later). This is exciting that the part of the violin is really built! Actually, I failed once when the animal glue condition…
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Bending the C Ribs
Although I practiced this with some wood from home center, it would have been a very thrilling and sensitive job for me since it uses heat which may burn the wood and too much pressure may break the rib. Indeed it was different. The wood from home center was lighter and softer thus bending was…
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The Rib Thickness
After trimming the edges of the rim to make them into certain width, now the thickness. This was a lot of work. I never thought trimming just 0.8mm would be such a long distance! I used toothed blade plain first, sandpaper to remove the grooved surface, and scraper to finish. Next work will be bending…
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The Rib Width
Cutting the C bout corner blocks is done. Now moving on to the ribs. Cutting the edge of the ribs and plaining. I normally don’t really insist the quality of tools because I believe the final skill relies on the hands. Good tools may assist to have good result, but it’s more important to adapt…
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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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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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Corner Blocks Practice
I will not use the actual tone wood yet. I am using the white wood I got from a local home center instead for practice. Indeed, I failed by over cutting the wood by gouge so this is my second attempt. It takes time as I anticipated at the beginning.
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