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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
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1gauging will be required. All that is necessary is to start with the gouge, or, better still, a bent spokeshave, and cut fearlessly away until the bottoms of the holes are nearly reached, leaving them about 1/8 in. in diameter meantime. The small round-soled hand plane (described later) may then be used till there is just a trace of the point of the drill remaining; then sandpaper on a rounded cork pad will do the rest. It is useful also, when getting the preliminary scoop round the edges, to add the decided raised edge beyond the purfling,
3Fig. 32.—Thumb Plane.
5which adds both to the strength and character of the fiddle. For this purpose use the guide or fence B (Fig. 31). This is simply a piece of sheet brass with a slot to allow of adjustment, one end being turned up, reduced to 1/8 in. broad, and rounded to enable it to fit into the curves of the inner bouts.
7Round steel shell bits are used by some violin makers for cutting the circular extremities of the sound holes, the bits having diameters of 1/4 in. and 1/8 in. respectively. These holes may also be bored with centre-bits of the
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