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Topic: cutting the purfling channel |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:21 am Subject: cutting the purfling channel |
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Topic: cutting the purfling channel |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 10:08 am Subject: cutting the purfling channel |
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Topic: cutting the purfling channel |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2017 9:51 am Subject: Re: purfling cutter |
Absolutely.
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Topic: cutting the purfling channel |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 10:26 pm Subject: Re: purfling cutter |
Greg-
I can try to post a pic if anyone interested..........
Tim
Absolutely. |
Topic: Well, whatever. |
ctviolin
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Forum: Everything Else Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:35 pm Subject: Well, whatever. |
(as well as all of the benefit they provided, for, at the time I needed them, I really did NEED them.)
Thirty three years on dialysis...
Drugs helped.
But finally getting off of them? - what ... |
Topic: Hide Glue Experiment |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:18 pm Subject: Hide Glue Experiment |
...with no sizing.
Maybe because the wood was not sized,...
Please describe exactly how and why you "size".
Thank you,
ct |
Topic: Latest violins |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 5:34 pm Subject: Re: Latest violins |
Welcome back!
OK, I'll admit it readily, I'm an idiot.
Aren't we all!
& I've got the photos to prove it... |
Topic: Hide Glue Experiment |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2017 10:56 am Subject: Hide Glue Experiment |
I always have a little bit of hollow in the middle.
I was taught soaking the glue overnight before heat it. I found soaked one is better.
Yes a little hollow in the middle, (where the ends touc ... |
Topic: Hide Glue Experiment |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:51 pm Subject: Hide Glue Experiment |
Of course - I always have a good deal of 'press out' on my center joits. And - I believe that the glue I make, is ALWAYS fresh, hot and (brush) applied to both surfaces.
Glue that 'presses out' of ... |
Topic: Hide Glue Experiment |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 11:31 pm Subject: Hide Glue Experiment |
Gelled glue may leave a strong bond, but also leaves a visible seam line.
A well glued, (well flattened) center joined plate - will NEVER show a glue line.
Period. End of sentence. |
Topic: Latest violins |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:04 pm Subject: Latest violins |
Boca Grande esta es mucho correcto. (Spanish)
I haven't spoken to Josh in a while. We have gone in slightly different directions, at least for the present. He is a spectacular intellect, and an ab ... |
Topic: Latest violins |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:38 am Subject: Latest violins |
Never too old, CT... keep posting and sharing your knowledge!!
Cheers, Glad to see you posting again.... Mat
BTW... to post pics here you need to upload to an image hosting site...see the details i ... |
Topic: Latest violins |
ctviolin
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:18 am Subject: Latest violins |
Ok here are my very last violins, started some years ago and really - the first projects after me having had my stroke.
So, after all, relearning how to speak again, I did find myself going almost ro ... |
Topic: Well, whatever. |
ctviolin
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Forum: Everything Else Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 3:50 pm Subject: Well, whatever. |
Or starting a new (building) project? |
Topic: Well, whatever. |
ctviolin
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Forum: Everything Else Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 10:45 am Subject: Well, whatever. |
Well, I'm here living and writing, but not making much of anything these days. I have been dealing with some of the excesses that go along with being a "medical object" of sorts for some yea ... |
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