Craig Tucker Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Posted March 26, 2011 Melving, Superb looking varnish. Do you mind if I ask what you're using? I know, you've probably already said, but I don't keep track...
Fjodor Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 Long pattern Strad copy work ongoing and a detail shot of finished viola I was adjusting... Hi Melvin, those bee-stings are incredible! You could slice of a few more shavings in the corners an sell them as study material for beginners I wonder what's the size and sweep of the sinking gouge you are using?
Melvin Goldsmith Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 Melving, Superb looking varnish. Do you mind if I ask what you're using? I know, you've probably already said, but I don't keep track... Hi CT That varnish was over a very and I mean VERY weak glue size. Marciana varnish mixed with sotto gentile ( dead plaster) was the ground...I allowed this to dry for a long time. My aim was to imitate a beautiful simple light gold Peter Guarneri varnish I saw recently. To that end I made a Marciana type varnish having pre cooked the resins first to colour them and reducing the amount of oil to keep as much colour from the resins as possible. In theory it should have been simple but the result was not quite as intended. Fortunately this viola is antiqued but not a direct copy so I had some room to play around. There is a fair bit of patina and French polish on top of it all. I am glad you like it but would not really recommend what I did...certainly I will do different next time and am constantly experimenting. I am very interested in making varnishes but also an advocate of using varnishes from one or two much more experienced specialist varnish makers we can think of.
Melvin Goldsmith Posted March 26, 2011 Report Posted March 26, 2011 Hi Melvin, those bee-stings are incredible! You could slice of a few more shavings in the corners an sell them as study material for beginners I wonder what's the size and sweep of the sinking gouge you are using? Hi Fjodor Thanks for your kind words... I always love those shavings...maybe they could be set in resin? I think the gouge would accord with a circle of about 9 or 10mm...To be honest I am unfamiliar with the technical terms for gouges but I have a sequentially sized range of gouges of the same make and fit them to the job in hand...for this long Strad fluting the radius is tighter than for the later golden period Strads. I have a personal lettering for all my gouges so when I look at a classical old instrument I look at the fluting and know immediately which of my gouges will fit ( like a mechanic who only has to look to know what size spanner to use) & I write in my note 'fluting gouge Y all round' etc.
Wm. Johnston Posted March 27, 2011 Report Posted March 27, 2011 Would you mind sharing which cnc machine? It's not great but it's what I can afford, http://www.probotix.com/FireBall_v90_cnc_router_kit/
Brad Dorsey Posted March 29, 2011 Report Posted March 29, 2011 I've been re-inforcing a broken button with a patch:
Don Noon Posted March 29, 2011 Report Posted March 29, 2011 Regraduating a screamer cheap old fiddle with fancy purfling, for a friend. I have to stop taking on jobs like this. No corner blocks, several cracks, some old poor repairs, and the top was thicker than the back. It will be interesting to see if I can get it to sound any good. The Stradofear mascot was given to me as partial payment for the repair.
Craig Tucker Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Posted March 29, 2011 I've been re-inforcing a broken button with a patch: Nice job - I don't think I've ever seen that method used for a button graft. (I'm from a small town) Once the heel (and the new block) is glued on, I believe that repair will be very strong.
Anders Buen Posted March 29, 2011 Report Posted March 29, 2011 Regraduating a screamer cheap old fiddle with fancy purfling, for a friend. I have to stop taking on jobs like this. No corner blocks, several cracks, some old poor repairs, and the top was thicker than the back. It will be interesting to see if I can get it to sound any good. Was it possible to make a pre regraduation spectrum of that fiddle so a pre- and post regraduation plot can be made?
Brad Dorsey Posted March 29, 2011 Report Posted March 29, 2011 ...Once the heel (and the new block) is glued on, I believe that repair will be very strong. I think it will be stronger than when the instrument was new, because the patch goes down into the purfling. I have always used the old block when I've done this repair.
Craig Tucker Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Posted March 29, 2011 Wow! that's a beautiful shaped ribset Ben... Also, nice shop, Nice countryside, Nice garden, Nice cat, Can I move in? I'll sleep in the loft and you won't even know I'm around - I promise.
christian bayon Posted March 29, 2011 Report Posted March 29, 2011 I've been re-inforcing a broken button with a patch: Nice, but the problem is if you see the cracks and don´t see the patch, people won´t know it´s fixed and strong?
Don Noon Posted March 29, 2011 Report Posted March 29, 2011 Was it possible to make a pre regraduation spectrum of that fiddle so a pre- and post regraduation plot can be made? That's what I always do. I also take before and after plate measurements to add to my database.
Melvin Goldsmith Posted March 30, 2011 Report Posted March 30, 2011 Long Strad copy...very humbling to attempt...
christian bayon Posted March 30, 2011 Report Posted March 30, 2011 Beautiful Melvin! I like very much the long-patern but I never had gut to copy it!
Jose Catoira Posted March 31, 2011 Report Posted March 31, 2011 Butchering a piece of maple to make what resembles, roughly, a violin scroll. Jose's own model.
Guy Harrison Posted March 31, 2011 Report Posted March 31, 2011 Butchering a piece of maple to make what resembles, roughly, a violin scroll. Jose's own model. Good looking scroll Jose- the eye is really nice.
Jose Catoira Posted March 31, 2011 Report Posted March 31, 2011 Good looking scroll Jose- the eye is really nice. Yes, the eye is really nice. Shame it is in the wrong place...
robertdo Posted April 8, 2011 Report Posted April 8, 2011 Shame I messed up the glazing of the back but the red nano oxide mixed with green nano oxyde that violin88 graciously gave me makes a very warm red-brown color and very transparent (even though it is not completely obvious on the picture).
Jose Catoira Posted April 8, 2011 Report Posted April 8, 2011 Shame I messed up the glazing of the back but the red nano oxide mixed with green nano oxyde that violin88 graciously gave me makes a very warm red-brown color and very transparent (even though it is not completely obvious on the picture). Are those nano oxide pigments getting more widely available? Where are makers sourcing them these days, don't remember seeing them in the Kremer Catalague? Good looking instrument!!!!!
Bruce Carlson Posted April 8, 2011 Report Posted April 8, 2011 Hi All, Bill Sloan, already known to many of you in the States, came by the shop the yesterday on a visit and about the same time Uto Ughi showed up with the "Rose" 'del Gesù' of 1744. Couldn't pass up a quick photograph. Bruce
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