# 124 - Violin Mould Design - Internal, External or Skeleton?

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[@Jeff034]

Interesting idea - shall watch closely!

[@grahamvincentviolins]

We shall see over the next few weeks!

[@mettevunsjensen4094]

Great, that you experiment with stuff😊

[@grahamvincentviolins]

Thanks, keeps me amused!

[@MrDaneBrammage]

Rather than cutting the mould apart, could you join the removable blocks to the central frame with screws? Then it would be reusable.

[@grahamvincentviolins]

Something I may consider if this internal mould to skeleton mould arrangement works well in practice.

[@brennan985]

Would it be worth putting some shims into the new cuts so that when you clamp ribs or blocks on, it doesn't distort the shape?

[@grahamvincentviolins]

I did consider that, I gave the mould a good squeeze to check how much the individual sections moved and decided it wasn't enough to worry about. But yes, would be very easy to do.