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Violins and other stringed instruments : how to make them ; with numerous engravings and diagrams, 1906
11 lines. Read by computer on 29 August 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 53. See the scan on archive.org.
1VIOLIN MAKING. one of two readings
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4tight, but just sufficient to make the back solid. With a No. 4 gouge carefully proceed to hollow, working very steadily, and cutting from inside the pencil mark to the joint. Take only small cuts, constantly trying the thicknesses with the thicknessing gauge until half the back is hollowed to 1/32 in. more than the dimensions indicated given in Fig. 64. (In this figure and in Fig. 65 the numbers refer to thirty-seconds of an inch). The 1/32 in. is to allow for toothing, scraping and papering. One side being roughly hollowed, turn the back round, and work
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8the other half in the same way. The thicknesses given in Figs. 64 and 65 are not, of course, absolute; the varying qualities of wood will necessitate slight modifications. The gouging being finished, with a tooth plane reduce to a shade above the proper thickness, and then finish with the scrapers. Do not be afraid of using the gauge too frequently. (In Chapter I. is described a special appliance for thicknessing backs and bellies, and its use will save a lot of the labour indicated above.)
10After scraping and finally adjusting the thickness, glasspaper all the inside to a good face. The edges may now be rounded with the round side of a rather fine file, taking off the square edges, and making the entire
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