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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.
3sliding bar carrying the cutter and wedge, B is the wedge for fixing the sliding bar, and C is a hardwood stock with the bottom rounded on one side as at D. The method of using is to set the cutter, which must be well sharpened, to the required distance, and to go round
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7the instrument, being very careful not to cut too deep; then reduce the width by 1/8 in. and cut the outer line. The wood between the lines can then be picked out with a bent purfling chisel, and the purfling fitted and glued.
9The purfling knife (Fig. 48) is an erasing knife ground to a long keen point. Two or three of these knives should be at hand; they are used for deepening the groove in which to lay the purfling, for truing the mitred corners of the purfling, for trimming the sound holes, and many minor purposes, and should be kept as sharp as a razor.
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15The purfling picker or router is a bent chisel, of which Fig. 49 gives an idea, used for removing the material between the two lines cut with the purfling gauge. Sometimes a sharp bradawl can be used for this purpose.
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