I made a violin a few years back. I'd carve away for hours and end up with a huge pile of wood shavings...........and it looked almost the same as when I started 🤣 I used a bit of car exhaust with a blowtorch for bending the sides
Some violin backs have curly aka fiddle-back maple wood as decorative. To get mirror image grain centerline a thick piece of curly maple would be cut then open both halves and voila'!
@@ChristopherKuhns Exactly, that’s what I’ve done with my first violin that I’m making! It’s not the most heavily figured maple, but the mirror effect is noticeable. Ought to pop more with some varnish.
@ Oh yes, that came out when I was a young lad of 18 and I loved it even then! The character of Bussotti is a clear stand-in for Antonio Stradivari. Small nitpick, though. Putting blood into an oil varnish would ruin the entire thing! 😆
I made a violin a few years back. I'd carve away for hours and end up with a huge pile of wood shavings...........and it looked almost the same as when I started 🤣 I used a bit of car exhaust with a blowtorch for bending the sides
I say if it’s stupid but it works, then it’s not stupid!
Informative , specially the way to heat and bend👍👍👍
@@noelpatrick5074 Thanks, glad you enjoyed it.
Some violin backs have curly aka fiddle-back maple wood as decorative. To get mirror image grain centerline a thick piece of curly maple would be cut then open both halves and voila'!
@@ChristopherKuhns Exactly, that’s what I’ve done with my first violin that I’m making! It’s not the most heavily figured maple, but the mirror effect is noticeable. Ought to pop more with some varnish.
@BrianTimmonsTX If you have not seen it The Red Violin is a kind of sort of historical movie.
@ Oh yes, that came out when I was a young lad of 18 and I loved it even then! The character of Bussotti is a clear stand-in for Antonio Stradivari. Small nitpick, though. Putting blood into an oil varnish would ruin the entire thing! 😆