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 Topic: My First Fiddle build |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 18 Views: 19830 |
 Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2019 10:21 am Subject: My First Fiddle build |
| Thank you all for the useful information and links, I'll go over them as soon as I have time.
It seems the spike is adjusted by the wingnut on the spike meaning its probably threaded near the top o ... |
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| Topic: My First Fiddle build |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 18 Views: 19830 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:53 pm Subject: My First Fiddle build |
| That's exactly what I was going to do but I needed to remove the "meat" on the plate to round off the arching and I fixed my bridge problem, one of the feet is just a hair off but I reckon I ... | |
| Topic: My First Fiddle build |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 18 Views: 19830 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 4:59 am Subject: My First Fiddle build |
| I'm not determining just yet, I don't have a proper template for the left to right arching measurements so I'm free handing it for now I was using the bridge for a reference on if the left to right ar ... | |
| Topic: My First Fiddle build |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 18 Views: 19830 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2019 4:03 am Subject: My First Fiddle build |
| Thank you for the tips! I have to fix the area where the bridge sits, It sits about a mm under where most of my other bridges sit on one side. I'll assume I may need to either make a new plate or make ... | |
| Topic: My First Fiddle build |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 18 Views: 19830 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 11:16 pm Subject: My First Fiddle build |
| My questions I have right now is how much rib stock should I need to make the instrument, turns out its cherrywood I'm making the ribs from I have it between 1 and 1.5 mm along the whole of what I hav ... | |
| Topic: My First Fiddle build |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 18 Views: 19830 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:56 am Subject: My First Fiddle build |
| The back and belly plates are carved out as good as I can get them, now I need to hallow them out. I also Just started on the mold for the rib's.
For the mold I'm using some of the cleanest oldest ... |
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| Topic: My First Fiddle build |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 18 Views: 19830 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:35 pm Subject: My First Fiddle build |
| ok what is a hillbilly fiddle?
I thought I took that out I apologise, It was ment to be funny I posted this to talk about the build and get some insight and see what I could be doing better with ... |
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| Topic: My First Fiddle build |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 18 Views: 19830 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2019 5:56 am Subject: My First Fiddle build |
| I'll be able to add more to this post later today..
I just wanted to get it out there so I don't forget https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7923/32994512818_05c156012e_b.jpg |
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| Topic: Hello everyone! |
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| Fiddleford Replies: 3 Views: 15616 |
Forum: Introduction, Rules and Suggestions Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:47 am Subject: Hello everyone! |
| I forgot to mention I'm a fiddle player and it has ran in my family since at least my great great grandfather.
I have 2 fiddles a 1713 strad copy from Czechoslovakia and I don't know how to write the ... |
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| Topic: Hello everyone! |
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Forum: Introduction, Rules and Suggestions Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:43 am Subject: Hello everyone! |
| Hello I am new to constructing instruments, I have been wanting to do this for maybe 2 years now and now I have all the tools to do so.
I have a no.4 planer a finger planer a dremmel and a jigsaw the ... |
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