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Topic: Varnish Cure time... |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 10:20 am Subject: Re: Varnish Cure time... |
I have heard that if you use Volatile Balsam oil varnish it will dry very quickly and give a very hard surface. I have not used it.
I've put several coats of Joe Robson's volatile balsam varnish o ... |
Topic: Violin design ingredients... Amati, Religion, Strad, Today? |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:54 am Subject: Violin design ingredients... Amati, Religion, Strad, Today? |
Interesting discussion about arching going on here. I was looking at the Strad poster for the GDG Plowden recently and the flat spot on the top of this instrument is remarkably flatter and longer than ... |
Topic: Rubbing Out Final Finish |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:44 am Subject: Rubbing Out Final Finish |
I use a good quality round shoe polishing brush with rottenstone and boiled linseed oil. Works good on the edges and flexes to the curved surfaces better than fingers with removing to much material im ... |
Topic: Noisy tailpiece |
Mikes
Replies: 6
Views: 6175
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 5:14 pm Subject: Noisy tailpiece |
Bob,
What kind of tailpiece is it? Wood or composite? What kind of tail cord does it have, gut or synthetic? One fine tuner or more? Does the fine tuner come from underneath the tailpiece and extend ... |
Topic: Peg Reamers |
Mikes
Replies: 12
Views: 9256
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 10:34 am Subject: Peg Reamers |
[quote="L P Reedy"]
In addition, a reamer with evenly spaced cutting edges all the way around will chatter and not cut a smooth hole. Countersinks do the same thing. My best countersink has ... |
Topic: Peg Reamers |
Mikes
Replies: 12
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:38 am Subject: Peg Reamers |
Hi Terry,
Go with the straight blade type. The spiral reamers tend make the hole not round. Good luck!
Mike Spencer |
Topic: Picture of the day |
Mikes
Replies: 353
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:29 am Subject: Picture of the day |
Don very interesting to do and show so many scrolls and they all look great and different too! They do all look different in the pic and some more distinctive than others. I always wonder how distinct ... |
Topic: Picture of the day |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:20 am Subject: Picture of the day |
Fjodor great job on the varnish and the violin is looking awesome. I'm using Joe's system too same as you, one question is did you do any smoothing between the ground coats or color coats if so what? ... |
Topic: Picture of the day |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 7:35 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
Fjodor things are looking great on that fiddle! What pattern are you using? Ffs look real nice and I like the wing scooping. Also do you care to reveal any info on the graduations? European tone woods ... |
Topic: Two Violins in the Manner of Antonio Stradivari |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 12:29 am Subject: Two Violins in the Manner of Antonio Stradivari |
Paco, Wow very impressive and wonderful work! As a craftsman how can one not aspire to do this kind of work at some point in ones career and it's great to see it posted, very very nice! Thanks for sha ... |
Topic: Pearwood fingerboards |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:23 am Subject: Pearwood fingerboards |
I need to blacken a pearwood fingerboard and am curious to know how others do this? For ebony boards I use India ink to blacken then mineral oil over that. It seems like with the density difference be ... |
Topic: Picture of the day |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 1:23 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
Don, That is really looking great! I like the f's, I think it's hard to capture the Del Gesu look but you got it and the corners are sweet looking.
Ken, That one you are working on is also looking ... |
Topic: Picture of the day |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:50 am Subject: Picture of the day |
Don, Wow! very nice color and great looking work and wood! Dare I ask what is your varnish and system?
CT, I hope to start varnishing in about a month. I have an extensive restoration to do first. ... |
Topic: Picture of the day |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 5:04 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
I've been doing the final scraping and edge work on this fiddle. Here's a few pictures of the final edge work at the corners I did over the weekend.
1st picture shows the very small and slight angle ... |
Topic: Picture of the day |
Mikes
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:49 am Subject: Picture of the day |
Nice work Don! I still think one of the most difficult features to execute on a scroll is where the fluting terminates at the eye.
Best,
Mike Spencer |
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