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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
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1MATERIALS AND TOOLS.
3Spring dividers (Fig. 17), which are used for measuring distances very finely. The spring callipers (Fig. 18), will be very useful, especially when finishing the neck. A pair of strong steel compasses (Fig. 19) must be
5Fig. 21.—Cutting Gauge.
7obtained. Do not use the dividers for any purpose for which the compasses are intended.
9A small square (Fig. 20) is in frequent requisition for such purposes as squaring the rib ends, testing the truth of blocks, etc.
11A cutting gauge (Fig. 21) is useful for reducing the edges of back and belly to their proper thickness.
13Fig. 22.—Sweeps or Curves of Gouges.
15A set of gouges must be obtained; tools corresponding to the "sweeps," or curves, given in Fig. 22, will be sufficient, but a fiddle maker, it may be said, cannot have too many kinds of gouges. Some workers believe
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