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 Topic: Happy -- |
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| R Mac Replies: 14 Views: 8203 |
 Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:14 pm Subject: Happy -- |
| Ok, I have had a very nice holiday season.
And the rest of you? R Mac - did you have a happy Saturnalia? And actonern, did those grievances air well? Wm-crash, I did have a gangstah- ish Christ ... |
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| Topic: Happy -- |
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| R Mac Replies: 14 Views: 8203 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 12:52 am Subject: Happy -- |
| We've been celebrating Saturnalia for days now!
Mac |
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| Topic: The ESSENTIAL tools of violin making |
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| R Mac Replies: 30 Views: 22493 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:33 pm Subject: The ESSENTIAL tools of violin making |
| J. Goldsmith,
What an excellent and generous thing! My hat is off to your benefactor/benefactrix. Mac |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| R Mac Replies: 353 Views: 172344 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 12:54 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
| Oh My!
Don, I assume that you have made sure that it does not actually "quack like a duck" before you started this laborious process. 
Mac |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 4:24 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| Here are a couple of pics that show the original construction of the bow-head cradle.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Itz1RObtWfk/UjNwbQ-p6GI/AAAAAAAABqk/qHaW3b1AjJw/s640/SDC19088.JPG https:// ... |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 12:20 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| The jig arrived the other day, and I have begun thinking about doing a bit of rebuilding already.
The sliding support for the bow head features a flat head screw coming up from the bottom. This is ... |
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| Topic: Viola bass bar |
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| R Mac Replies: 13 Views: 9994 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 4:11 pm Subject: Viola bass bar |
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Really, when you look at a lot of what violin makers think they know, it's a cesspool of bad logic supported with shaky experiments and inobservance, and the thing I've figured out is that they like ... |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:59 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| SooT,
It's adjustable for different bow lengths. https://www.internationalviolin.com/images/items/large/T76.jpg I'll let y'all know how I feel about it when I have a chance to see it and ... |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 5:03 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| I have just ordered up a jig. I figure I have to start somewhere....
Thank you, CT, SooT, and Mat R, for your advise! Mac |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:15 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| OK... I got brave and told Firefox to make an exception for this site.
I see that Lynn H. uses separate holders for the tip and frog, rather than a full jig. I am beginning to see a trend here. ... |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:10 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| SooT,
I clicked on the link in your post and ended up with something else entirely. There is certainly something wrong with the site. Perhaps Lynn H will get her site straightened out in a bi ... |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:31 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| SooT,
I Googled Lynn Hannings, but my browser (Firefox) says they don't trust the site, and won't let me go there. (something about an invalid security certificate....) Have you been to the sid ... |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 9:28 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| CT,
I asked over on MN, and some of the guys there don't use jigs either. I never even considered it. Everything I had read heretofore was based on using a jig. Who knew! Mac |
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| Topic: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
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| R Mac Replies: 18 Views: 20169 |
Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 1:08 pm Subject: Favorite bow re-hair jig? |
| Can anyone recommend a commercially made re-hair jig? I have never used one, and I would like to hear what folks have to say about them. What features are good?..and which ones are bad?
Thanks! ... |
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| Topic: A question or inquiry about curly maple vs sound |
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| R Mac Replies: 27 Views: 20340 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2013 1:58 pm Subject: A question or inquiry about curly maple vs sound |
Talk about putting the heart of the tree over the soul of the instrument!
Mac |
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