Making of the scroll
Pictures of the scroll working (slideshow)
Carving a violin scroll from start to finish
0) Appendix – Violin pegs placement
1) Violin scroll part one – Preparing and squaring the block
2) Violin scroll part two – Marking the outline
2 bis) Violin scroll part two – Marking the outline (short version)
3) Violin scroll part three – Cutting and working of the outline
4) Violin scroll part four – Marking of the back of scroll and pegbox
5) Violin scroll part five – Roughing with saw and hacksaw
6) Violin scroll part six – Initial roughing with gouge
7) Violin scroll part seven – Finishing of the lines of pegbox and volute
8) Violin scroll part eight – Finishing of the first turn
9) Violin scroll part nine – Roughing of the second turn with hacksaw
10) Violin scroll part ten – Roughing of the second turn with gouges
11) Violin scroll part eleven – Finishing of the second turn
12) Violin scroll part twelve – Finishing of the eye and turn lines
13) Violin scroll part thirteen – Setting the chamfer
14) Violin scroll part fourteen – Finishing the chamfer
15) Violin scroll part fifteen – Setting the scoop of volute and turn
16) Violin scroll part sixteen – Finishing of the scoop with gouges
17) Violin scroll part seventeen – Finishing of the volute with scraper
18) Violin scroll part eighteen – Roughing of the inside of the peg box
19) Violin scroll part nineteen – Finishing of the pegbox
20) Fluting of the back part one – Initial cut of the channels on the scroll’s back
21) Fluting of the back part two – Finishing of the scroll’s back flutings with gouge and scraper
23) Violin scroll last episode – Chamfering the pegbox and flattening the heel
Making the fingerboard
1) Violin fingerboard part one – Making the underside planes
2) Violin fingerboard part two – Finishing of sides and heads
3) Violin fingerboard part three – Setting the curve with the plane
4) Violin fingerboard part four – Working of the curve with scraper and pad with sandpaper
5) Violin fingerboard part five – Final sanding and polishing
6) Violin fingerboard part six – Finishing the hollowing on the underside
7) Violin fingerboard – Appendix – Summary of measurements and how to take them
Carving the neck
1) Part one : placement and temporary gluing of the fingerboard
2) Part two : Tracing the neck foot and start roughing
3) Part three : planing the heel sides and creation of five chamfers
4) Part four : rounding of the neck
5) Part five : finishing of the neck before setting it into the body
7) Part seven : finishing of the neck before gluing it into the body
8) Part eight : final finishing of the neck already glued to the body
9) Part nine : finishing of the button and creation of the chamfer
Setting the neck into the body
1) Part one : marking and cutting of the mortise
2) Part two : fitting the mortise and the heel
3) Part three : finishing of the neck setting and glue size of the mortise
4) Part four : final fitting of mortise and heel before gluing
5) Part five : gluing the neck into the body
Neck and fingerboard finish (after varnishing)
0) Final finish of neck and fingerboard from start to finish (condensed)
1) Part one – Preparation of gluing surfaces
2) Part two – Fingerboard gluing (definitive)
3) Part three – Blending and finishing of the neck and sides of the fingerboard
4) Part four – Fitting and gluing the nut
5) Part five – Finishing the sides of the nut
6) Part six – Finishing the upper curve of the nut
7) Part seven – Varnish touch-up at heel and pegbox
8) Part eight – Coloring of the neck, and final treatment with linseed oil
8bis) Part eight – Appendix – Preparation of the dye for the neck