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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
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1VIOLIN MAKING:
3of the wood. Now loose the cramp, turn the rib end for end, and plane the part previously hidden by the cramp. When all the strips have been treated in the same way, fix them on the bench again, and with a flat scraper which must be very sharp, take out all the plane marks. Use the scraper diagonally, to cross the figure of the wood. Divide the strips with a sharp knife, and the square into lengths of 5½, 7½, and 9½ in. One strip will make two top or 7½ in. ribs and the two others will each make one bottom and one waist rib.
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7Fig. 56.—Stages in Bending Waist Ribs.
9The bending of the ribs demands steadiness, care, and patience, as accidents are very likely to happen, and another rib may have to be planed up. Assuming that the bending apparatus (shown by Fig. 5, p. 12) is used, fix it in an iron vice, attach an indiarubber tube from the gas to the heater, and light the gas, but observe that it does not light at the wrong place. Turn the gas very low, and when the tube is sufficiently hot to scorch very slightly a piece of paper held on it, the ribs may be bent as shown in Fig. 56. Begin with the waist ribs, and make sure that the figure of all the ribs matches in inclination; it is better to mark each rib to the blocks before bending any of them. Do not hurry the bending, and use only gentle pressure. When hot enough, the ribs may be bent
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