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 Topic: Where do I need to learn to become the best? |
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| pmccombs Replies: 15 Views: 12493 |
 Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:57 pm Subject: Where do I need to learn to become the best? |
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I've still got a lot to learn, but I suppose that's half the fun, right? Stradivari was experimenting til he died, and look at all he achieved! In addition to books and classes, there's a lot ... |
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| Topic: And I thought scroll carving was difficult!? |
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| pmccombs Replies: 3 Views: 4019 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:20 am Subject: Re: And I thought scroll carving was difficult!? |
| I ran across this link today. Some of you might have seen this before but this is pretty amazing.
Bet I could carve a good facsimile of that dog food bin you see at 1:04 in the video. |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 1:26 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
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There's the year, and my name (Craig) is showing in the ff hole. Violin #1 took almost a year of Saturdays - of course, that was during my 1st marriage, and I didn't go all of the weekends then.. ... |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 12:08 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
| circa 1976
... If I can find it, I'll post a picture of me holding it way back then, with my once long (now looong gone) "dreadlocks"... That's your first violin? I don't believe ... |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:46 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
| that is a very nice color, and nice work!
The funny thing is that sometimes it seems like I did a better job on my first instrument, with my beginners luck and all, than I do nowadays when I actual ... |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:35 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
| that is a very nice color, and nice work!
Thanks, kjb! The funny thing is that sometimes it seems like I did a better job on my first instrument, with my beginners luck and all, than I do nowa ... |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:14 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
| Here's another picture I did of my very first violin:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-JiPpnN2_dOQ/Ukd9_jFFwUI/AAAAAAAAAyM/bh4V7WGI27U/w865-h836-no/FirstViolin-AllViews.JPG I made this one wit ... |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 1:03 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
| Nice work! That maple looks good, where is it from?
Thanks! I made this violin at the Violin Guild of America in St. Paul. Will Bartuff, the teacher there, got the wood for me. I'm not sure where ... |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:45 pm Subject: Picture of the day |
| If you don't mind my asking (nice looking fiddle, by the way), how do you take the photos so that they only have the white background, (unlike my cluttered pictures)?
Chet, When I was at the sum ... |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:14 am Subject: Picture of the day |
| Here is one of my violins
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kfhqLHrmd74/UkZWldH79RI/AAAAAAAAAxw/2dGjWnqYqAI/w912-h761-no/StPaul-AllViews.JPG There are a few things I need to fix on it. |
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| Topic: Need advice on how to cure wood |
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| pmccombs Replies: 5 Views: 5340 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:46 am Subject: Need advice on how to cure wood |
| I'd suggest applying nothing to the boards except on the ends... melted paraffin dip works fine.
Also, I wouldn't rush initially to bring the moisture level down. Leave them in the garage or some ... |
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| Topic: Need advice on how to cure wood |
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| pmccombs Replies: 5 Views: 5340 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:40 am Subject: Need advice on how to cure wood |
| If it isn't too late, you could mix a solution of pure borax in water, and saturate all the surfaces with that solution to discourage molds and fungi. It doesn't hurt anything, and will be planed off ... | |
| Topic: Need advice on how to cure wood |
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| pmccombs Replies: 5 Views: 5340 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:01 pm Subject: Need advice on how to cure wood |
| I've recently acquired a few nice, thick slabs of quilted maple like this one:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N1GI-fuHepY/UkCqgkEfNmI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/MORmrOGaB78/w451-h800-no/MapleSlab.jpg Altho ... |
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| Topic: Picture of the day |
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| pmccombs Replies: 353 Views: 172342 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 4:52 pm Subject: Re: All Done! |
| Well...I feel that I have inadvertently hijacked this thread, and I am sorry for that. Here is my last post on this thread, and I do hope people will continue to post shop photos, etc.
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| Topic: Preparation for varnishing |
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| pmccombs Replies: 12 Views: 12144 |
Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:00 pm Subject: Re: Preparation for varnishing |
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I truly welcome any varnish information that anyone cares to submit, as I am continually trying anything I would consider workable or "proper", out. I sometimes just cover it with a ... |
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