My first cello.

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Hello.

Sorry for my English.

I live in Minsk, Belarus.

I repair guitars and made few for myself. Rock vocalist and guitarist too:)

After watching videos of 2Cellos I started to like cello.

My elder son started to learn play cello in music school.

I was repaired your 1/4 cello (moscow factory cello).

And now I think to make new cello for him.

I think 5 strings cello will more interesting.

Not so easy to find good tonewood in Belarus.

I planning to use simple wood (plain maple).

Also think to make not full classic cello

But with some modern feature.

[Kallie]

You can try the following website to buy some tonewood if interested. From my experience at least, their service is good.

 

https://www.tonewood.sk/

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

First of all I found cello plans.

Thanks very much for Pedro Lopez from Spain.

Link to his pages

http://pedrolopezluthier.blogspot.com.by/2013_10_01_archive.html

Link to his cello plans

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/103042542/Planos_violonchelo.rar

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

You can try the following website to buy some tonewood if interested. From my experience at least, their service is good.

 

https://www.tonewood.sk/

Thank you Kallie for link

But I think to use less cost wood for first cello:)

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Few days ago I was found maple for back.

Edited October 9, 2015 by Mikola Ptashnikoff

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

After day of work.

Edited October 9, 2015 by Mikola Ptashnikoff

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Can anyone help me with 4/4 cello neck plan with all dimensions?

[Kallie]

Keep us posted how it goes.

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Another day of making back.

Edited October 14, 2015 by Mikola Ptashnikoff

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Can anyone help me with 4/4 cello neck plan with all dimensions?

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Today is lucky day.

I found main parts for making bending iron.

First test of heater

First in my life wood bending, 1.5 mm ash

[Rue]

It looks like it's doing the job!

[ctanzio]

At last! A post on making a stringed intrument. Thank you.

 

I was afraid MN had turned into a Social Studies forum.

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Just need to add a box:)

[Jacob]

Slab-cut spruce? Can it work? I don't know, I'm just asking.

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Slab-cut spruce? Can it work? I don't know, I'm just asking.

Slab-cut spruce? I don't understand what it mean:(

[Jacob]

http://www.frudua.com/quarter_cut_vs_slab_cut.htm

 

I hope that helps.

[Rue]

How the wood was cut:

 

http://www.frudua.com/quarter_cut_vs_slab_cut.htm

[Rue]

LOL...I'm not editing...too funny.

 

Great minds think alike...even across oceans and continents...with the help of Google...

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

Several days ago I started to search 5 string cello fingerboard

Searching at ebay.

So many indonesian ebony fingerboards from china makers.

But I know that Ceylon or Sri Lanka ebony is really cool:)

I found indian maker WBO with high grade ebony fingerboards

But he has 4 and 6 string cello fingerboards

I agreed with him about the production of 5 string fingerboard

Today I paid my custom fingerboard

Before order fingerboard I drew in coreldraw

and found correct dimension

http://www.ebay.com/itm/272044724602?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Thanks to Jitesh Jain (WBO) from India to help me with fingerboard!

 

My 5 String cello fingerboard dimension:

 

Length: 580 mm

Width at Bridge Side: 75 mm
Width at Nut Side: 39 mm

 

string spacing

Bridge: 61 mm

Nut: 30 mm

 

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

I like quarter cut but it's really difficult to find:(

After 4 hours of selection at furniture factory

I found few peaces of spruce

But it is wet spruce

need to wait until spring to dry

I think 2 peaces with quarter in center and 2 another to sides

[Jacob]

This is how it works:

 

For making furniture, you need furniture wood.

 

For making instruments, you need tonewood.

 

Distantly related, like Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens.

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

I understand it:)

But I have not so much money for cool tone wood

This spruce selected from many wet planks of spruces and pines

I hear good tone when strike it.

[Mikola Ptashnikoff]

My fingerboard from India!

Very high quality of wood and work!