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How to make a violin : The violin, its construction practically treated, 1892
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1flat side. This is the thickness the edge is to be.
3Put the back on the table, fix it with hand-screws, and with a large gouge give to it a rough resemblance of the shape which it must ultimately take. Do not hurry over this work. It is hardly necessary to remind the careful workman that when all the gouging, knifing, scraping, and filing have been done, a certain thickness of wood must be left, and that one cut too deep at the outset will necessitate a fresh start. Begin by working along the ridge, so as to give to the joint a rough resemblance to the model of the arching lengthwise. Take short and shallow strokes with the gouge, cutting off only very small chips at a time, and be sure and leave enough wood for the operations which are to follow. When this is done there will of course be a cavity, like a miniature railway cutting, getting deeper as you get further away from the centre.
5Now begin again from the centre, and work out in the rough the arching down to the middle of the C inlets.
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