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[Folboteur]

Apparently the violin bug isn’t leaving me, and the community on this forum was invaluable in my completing my #1:  A knockoff of the Stradivarius Messie, which I lovingly called the “Schneidervarius Messy” in my signature self-deprecating megalomania. 

Here are 200+ photos of making #1.

I built this without all possible tools, manufacturing a few custom instruments to fit in where I could not justify the exorbitant expense for something I might use once. However, heading into #2 soon (no model picked) I am first filling in some gaps in my tools, buying left and right beveled Hock 1/2” blades.  I’ll make my own handles and post results here. 

In the meantime, as I grow into my amateur/hobbyist luthiery, I hope to learn more from all of you, and I hope something I post here will provide value to someone else.  (I built a guitar a while back; have not embarked on #2 violin as I’ve been building jewelry boxes, cribbage boards, and writing a memoir — the bench photo attests to all of that, except the memoir.)

In preparation for my knife handles, I replaced the exploding plastic handle on our pizza cutter. More elegance will be applied to a violin knife. ;-)

 

Edited February 4, 2018 by Folboteur
Wring picture upload. Added a shot.

[Folboteur]

Hock knives arrived. Starting shaping, with a lot of girth yet to remove. Top is Padauk and Ash, bottom block is Birdseye maple and Cherry. 

Thanks to whoever made their knives with adjustment holes.  I”ve borrowed your idea. 

[Folboteur]

Knife #2, the left beveled Hock 1/2”.  I had a left-over hunk of maple from a broken neck set, and...yes...I did read Moby Dick shortly before carving this. (See second picture.) 

This knife might prove a bit girthy, but I’ll try it as is for a while.   

[Nick Allen]

Yeah that collar is definitely gonna get in the way for a lot of stuff.