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Violin making and repairing, 1927
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1fitted with a thumb-screw, which screws down on to the iron and thus brings pressure to bear on the lower end of the iron by means of the front or bottom end of the lever, by this means binding the iron tightly into its place.
3It must be noted, in cutting any patterns for brass casting, that no part of the inside must be "undercut," that is, the sides must be cut square down, and there must be no tendency to thin the sides by bearing in with the chisel when nearing the bottom of the inside. It is impossible for a moulder to work satisfactorily with an undercut pattern. There is no "slot" in a violin plane. The iron is kept in position by the pressure of the screw at one end of the lever acting on the axle as a fulcrum, and thus causing the other end of the lever to bite on the lower end of the iron inside the plate. Several of these planes may be made, with oval and flat bottoms. File up the castings before assembling, and polish with emery powder. The blades may be made from strip steel. If the worker desires he may purchase these planes ready-made; but they are somewhat expensive. Toothed irons for very tender or cross-grained material may be purchased to fit the planes, as the making of a toothed iron is beyond the average woodworker, and in any case is not worth the time involved.
5When the back has been roughly modelled with the aid of the archings and gouges, the maker may proceed to finally model the back. Here it will be necessary to use the eye, and it is one of those points in violin construction which cannot be imparted by writing.
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