JacksonMaberry

Agreed.

The judicious use of all the senses and faculties of the mind is the best course, I think. Well, maybe not taste or smell as much, at least in arching and graduation haha!

These home-made incannels are very similar to what Hargrave calls an "idiot chisel" or what the Japanese call a "Maru Nomi", and they are super useful. I have made myself several and use them for trimming the cheeks of the pegbox, cornerblocks, channel/purfling ledge, etc

We are talking past each other.

Sure, it's all geometry at the end of the day. As to whether it is the appropriate geometry for the style and the billet in question, that's where the flexibility of a well trained eye and ear come into play.

It's easy to fall into a trap with this trade. It seems so dizzying in it's complexity as to he impenetrable. But try not to overthink it. The makers we worship were semi literate woodcarvers with a medieval understanding of mathematics. And clearly, that was enough! Study the geometry of the ancients, do some drawing, carve some wood, keep your eyes and ears open. Have some fun, while you're at it.

I wonder what it was in the Japan drier that caused the color shift to such a dramatic red?

Really compelling, in fact! I dig the artifacts of the "devil may care" attitude. Nice, Evan!

Nice, another weirdo for my block list. Cheers!

Pathological then. Can't help it! I love a good trainwreck.

What's the deal with the screenshots of who's actively browsing the topic? Glitch? Pathological?

If I had a time machine and still had some juice in the flux capacitor after killing Hitler and King Leopold II of Belgium, I'd hunt down all the cello/viola reducers.

So many!! It's kind of exciting, really

I agree with the spirit of this idea. Mostly I think that "workmanship" categories are not of value to musicians. Instruments are functional first, despite what motivations the auction houses and dealers that cater to the investment sector of the instrument trade may have. Judge performance above all else. This is what matters.

Or, you could apply Roubo primer and tan a bit for a much quicker, somewhat more complex color, then seal with an oleoresinous ground layer, and then build color.