Violin number 3 has begun!

[Kevin Sjostrand]

I got started yesterday on my 3rd violin.
This one is for grand daughter #3 who is currently 8 years old and is learning to play the violin.

This violin will be traditional woods (flame maple and spruce) and my goal is to work more precise and better follow standards in plate thicknesses and weights.
I'm in no hurry with this one but it will be my main project this spring.

The neck block is sized and marked ready for some stock removal.
The top and back plates are joined and sanded flat ready for marking the profiles.

The ribs are thicknesses and trimmed to height.
The mold has inside blocks of spruce tack glued in place.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

I have been remiss reporting on this one. Sorry about that. Here are some updates.
The frame or corpus is still attached to the mold
I have nearly finished the arching on the outside of the top or belly with the purfling installed.
I will soon begin the arching of the back plate.

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[Kevin Sjostrand]

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[Kevin Sjostrand]

Made progress on the top and back
The top is arched, prufling installed, recurve carved, hollowed and F holes cut. It is ready to go.

The back is arched with the purfling installed. Just now beginning the hollowing out.

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[Kevin Sjostrand]

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[Diane Kauffmds]

Wow Kevin! You've really gotten into violins. They're beautiful.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

So today I made the bass bar for the top which is carved in a similar way as on a guitar. It supports the pressure from one of the feet of the bridge.
The other side will have a "sound post" that is installed inside wedged between the top and back in the spot that will support the down pressure from the other foot of the bridge.

I also made, bent and glued in spruce linings on the top edge of the corpus. The mold is made in stacked 2 parts so they can be separated at this stage holding the shape while these linings are glued in.
Next the other half of the mold must come out to glue in the back side linings.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

So I have installed linings on the corpus after removing it from the mold.
I finished carving the back. I then made and installed the bass bar on the top.
Yesterday I glued the top to the corpus. Today I made labels and put them on the back and glued the back to the corpus.
After some clean up and scraping off glue then ill turn my attention to making the neck

[TEETERFAN]

Look at you go! You’re certainly getting the hang of things. Thanks for the progress pictures. Looking good!

[Kevin Sjostrand]

The neck is roughed out to shape and the scroll is pretty much done. So on to carving out the peg box.
It helps to drill some holes first before attacking with the chisels.