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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
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1MAKING VIOLIN MOULDS.
3Figs. 53 and 54; therefore cut out these patterns in zinc or thin wood, taking care to have all the marks on Fig. 54 quite distinct. Fig. 53 shows the outside pattern, and Fig. 54 the inside pattern. Place the inside pattern exactly to the centre line on the block, and an equal distance from each end, and carefully, but decidedly, trace round the pattern with the marker
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7Fig. 55.—Mould Block ready for Sawing Out.
9following with lead pencil. Then mark through the pattern the position of each block, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 54, and also the centres for the holes, A to F. Now turn the pattern over, and mark the other side in precisely the same manner; on the accuracy of this operation the ultimate balance of the fiddle depends. When ready to be sawn out, the block should bear every
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