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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1mold are absolutely on a level, which should not be hard, seeing that both these molds have been fashioned one upon the other. Then, with the point, the outline of the counter mold only is traced on the blocks and corners.
3Now, taking a suitable gouge or chisel, all the superfluous wood should be removed from these six pieces, finishing the work off with knife and file. When this has been done, Figure 11, Plate 31, will have assumed in every particular the form of Figure 8, Plate 31.
5In order that the detail of the work last described leave nothing to be desired, it should be carried out slowly, the wood being removed little by little, and heed being paid at every moment that the correct level is maintained, as well as making sure that the corners and blocks, in every part, form a perfect right angle with the surface of the mold.
7THE SIDES OR RIBS
9The ribs or sides are those parts of the wood which, in the violin, unite the sound board to the back, and give the instrument its outward shape. The pieces of spruce which serve to double the sides or ribs are known as linings, and are attached to the latter by means of glue.
11To begin with, a piece of plane wood 835 millimeters (32 3/4") long by 105 millimeters (4 1/8") broad should be cut down to a thickness of 1/12 of an inch by means of the saw. Care must be taken that the fiber of the wood lies on the surface of the piece which is to be used.
13This sheet of wood, once it has been reduced to the proportions already given, is placed on the edge of the workbench, to which it is fixed by means of a clamp whose end lies to the rear of the workbench. The reason this is done is that the sheet, being extremely narrow, and destined to become even more so, cannot be rested against the griper (the square bolt or iron pin which is fixed to the bench) in order to plane it, since it would not offer the needed resistance to the plane.
15The sheet of plane wood having been clamped on the workbench as described, the end which is not attached is first planed with the joiner, since the part held in the clamp cannot be reached. This portion once well planed, the clamp is opened, and the sheet is turned in such wise that the part held in the clamp changes place with the part already planed. The clamp is once more tightened, care being taken to place a block of wood some 56 millimeters (2 1/5") broad and as long as the sheet itself between the clamp and the sheet. This serves to preserve the portion of the sound board already planed from becoming marked with the impress which the clamp would be sure to give it.
17This precaution having been taken, this end of the sheet is planed in turn.
19In the same way, and observing the same process, the other side of the sheet is planed, and reduced to a thickness of one millimeter (1/25").
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