I still can't bake, my oven is still cold so I'll try to make a violin without using a mould! A self-raising violin?
Building a violin without a mould 9th of July A Trumpet Fanfare for a new post My latest e-bay purchase, a trumpet. Luckily you can't hear my playing - I think I need a different mouthpiece as I am more used to my cornets! A day after the elation of getting stings on my first violin, I felt a bit deflated, I still had a lot of work to do, to clean the violin up and varnish it but my woodworking/violin cobbling routine had come to an end. I soon realised that the best cure for my melancholy was to start another violin or two! Making without a mould Guitars are often made without a mould, I believe it is the traditional Spanish way to build the guitar on a workboard on its soundboard. The neck has a slipper foot/integral neckblock and the sides/ribs are housed in grooves in the neckblock. Here is a photo of the ukulele I made using this construction method. It is all sitting on a small workboard and the neck and bottom block have been glued on the soundboard ready to