View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
Dave Chandler Super Member
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Mt Mitchell in North Carolina
|
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:06 pm Post subject: Dave Chandler's Workbench |
|
|
I'm in process of varnishing my latest Strad 1716, took this photo today for a discussion on how people finish their peg boxes, thought I'd share here. 3 thin coats of golden yellow, and so far one coat of Italian Brown. Using balsam varnishes, love the smell, and cures fast. Whatever I put on the outside of the pegbox, I also like to do the inside.
By the way, this is a fiddle on which I put the burnt brown sugar stain. I did not leave anything on the surface of the wood, though, wiped it down several times with wet cloth until I got no more sticky left on the wood. Being hydroscopic, all the excess sugar has to be removed. Let dry, light scraping also brings excess out of the end grains. Then a coat of sealer.
_________________ Dave in the Blue Ridge
Southern Violin Association
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill
"I took the road less travelled, and now I don't know where I am." Marco Polo |
|
Back to top |
|
|
kjb Super Member
Joined: 06 Feb 2013 Posts: 385
|
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2015 6:03 pm Post subject: |
|
|
looks good , I like the color |
|
Back to top |
|
|
ollieken Super Member
Joined: 26 Mar 2007 Posts: 281 Location: New Brunswick Canada
|
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:45 pm Post subject: Like it |
|
|
Dave Were you able to get the rest of the violin as nice |
|
Back to top |
|
|
DonLeister Moderator
Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 383 Location: Richmond, VA
|
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:11 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Is it going to have the craquelure like the photo in the other thread? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dave Chandler Super Member
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Mt Mitchell in North Carolina
|
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 8:50 am Post subject: |
|
|
Went one more shade darker, and that's all this morning. Maybe should have left well enough alone, but there it is. Will put on a clear coat, then take some of the shine off with tripoli in a few days. No sun this morning, so it'll have to go in the light box now. I really love how this balsam varnish levels out beautifully, but you have to work quick.... I'll post some closeups when all finished. Don, Not planning to antique, or add any craquelure as this is a different varnish from my other posting.
[img][/img]
Yes, there are nice little brook trout in that creek behind my house. Some rainbow too.
[img][img][/img] _________________ Dave in the Blue Ridge
Southern Violin Association
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill
"I took the road less travelled, and now I don't know where I am." Marco Polo |
|
Back to top |
|
|
DonLeister Moderator
Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 383 Location: Richmond, VA
|
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2015 10:07 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The violin looks nice Dave! I hope it pleases you. Where is the maple from, l'm going to guess that it is European.
And you said it is balsam varnish, would that be something that you made? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dave Chandler Super Member
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Mt Mitchell in North Carolina
|
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Romanian maple, Simeon Chambers Spruce. I got the balsam varnish through Howard Core. I wish I had used Robson's balsam ground system, but I ran out. _________________ Dave in the Blue Ridge
Southern Violin Association
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill
"I took the road less travelled, and now I don't know where I am." Marco Polo |
|
Back to top |
|
|
rs Member
Joined: 14 Jan 2009 Posts: 188 Location: Holland, Michigan
|
Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:35 pm Post subject: |
|
|
That is a nice instrument.
Dave, in contribution to your original post, I varnish the inside of the box and then the day I set it up, I paint the inside of the box with India ink, let it dry 30 minutes, and then rub it out with a dry rag. The ink stays in the corners and bottom of the box, but also in the nicks, scratches, chips and so forth of the box sides. It looks like the box to an old instrument this way. At least, that is the way I am doing them at the moment.
Rasp lines and such are embraced this way instead of concealed. But I like the look for now. _________________ Randall Shenefelt |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dave Chandler Super Member
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Mt Mitchell in North Carolina
|
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Sound sample this latest violin. I thought I had posted this earlier, but don't see it here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEZaoWR2v0 _________________ Dave in the Blue Ridge
Southern Violin Association
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill
"I took the road less travelled, and now I don't know where I am." Marco Polo |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dave Chandler Super Member
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Mt Mitchell in North Carolina
|
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:30 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Here's another completed!
[img][/img]
[img][/img]
[img][/img] _________________ Dave in the Blue Ridge
Southern Violin Association
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill
"I took the road less travelled, and now I don't know where I am." Marco Polo |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dave Chandler Super Member
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Mt Mitchell in North Carolina
|
Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:34 pm Post subject: |
|
|
More photos.
[img][/img]
[img][/img]
[img][/img] _________________ Dave in the Blue Ridge
Southern Violin Association
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill
"I took the road less travelled, and now I don't know where I am." Marco Polo |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Chet Bishop Super Member
Joined: 23 Mar 2007 Posts: 678 Location: Forest Grove, Oregon
|
|
Back to top |
|
|
DonLeister Moderator
Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 383 Location: Richmond, VA
|
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:00 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yep, nice work! Thanks for the pics! Is it working okay? |
|
Back to top |
|
|
Dave Chandler Super Member
Joined: 31 Oct 2007 Posts: 691 Location: Mt Mitchell in North Carolina
|
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 1:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I'm happy with it. Wish I had a decent bow though.
Sound sample
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmBZXWpRM54 _________________ Dave in the Blue Ridge
Southern Violin Association
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to the next with no loss of enthusiasm" Winston Churchill
"I took the road less travelled, and now I don't know where I am." Marco Polo |
|
Back to top |
|
|
DonLeister Moderator
Joined: 29 Mar 2007 Posts: 383 Location: Richmond, VA
|
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 3:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
That's what happens when you pick up a nice bow! |
|
Back to top |
|
|
|