my first attempt at fiddle building.i will post progress each day.
i'm using my homemade tools that you can see in my projects from last year
i haven't did anything in a while .hope this can inspire and help someone to build
the neck is maple
i'll post pictures when i can figure it out
Glad you're back! I've been gone a while too. Have you been having problems posting pictures? I can't upload them to photobucket from the modem at home…have to do it at work during lunchtime. Look forward to seeing that fiddle!
good to hear from all my old friends again and a couple of new ones
if anybody is interested i will give a detailed and measurments of the process. i am guess about 6 months to get to play it. i don't know how to work the pictures. i use to just download from my computer
nothing expencive needed. lots of time and hard work.
i have 20 hours in 2 days on the neck and haveni cut the scroll yet. i will tackle it tomorrow.i have took detailed pictures of the daily step by step process
i am just learning to play the fiddle bought a cheap one for $70 to learn on
the scroll is finall taking shape. i got it a little crocked so it will take a couple more days to whittle it some more. it wouldnot be hard to cut a scroll if it only had 1 side. getting 2 to match????!!! http://picasaweb.google.com/roydahlgren/FirstFiddle#
day 6 and 7 spent working on the mold
didn't have the right thickness of wood so i used my small IBEX plane to bring it down to size. i figured it would give me some practice using and taking apart ,sharpening, then putting back together and resetting the cutting edge before i start carving on the plates. i have both the toothed blade,for cutting across the grain, and the smooth blade for cutting with the grain.
i have to cut and shape the end blocks, then i will be ready to make a homemade,of course!, side bender
Sweet little plane, Roy.
Is the middle of the sandwich just being used as a support while you thin the faces?
Is that spruce you are using?
Why all the holes in the body?
tryed to bend the sides today
oops!!! side split
don't use a brace that don't cover the entire side. when it dryed it split on 1 side where the grain was wavey
it split because the brace i used was just a thin piece where i cut out the mold.
i will build some more braces that are thicker than the sides so that it covers the entire piece!!!
here is the start of my "attempt" at carving a fiddle top. I am using basswood. i got some for 75 cents a board foot. thought i would see how it went with cheap wood before i used expensive wood. fiddle #2 will get the good stuff if this one turns out good. this will give me some practice on carving and if i mess it up it don't matter.
lots of hours to shape arching
just starting on taking shape
this is only outside, still have to finish outside before i start the inside and getting the thickness right
Fan-freaking-tastic! You seem to be enjoying yourself with this project.
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