Violin #4

Saturday, July 2nd, 2022: Final Arching Round 2 ROUND 2 OF FINAL ARCHING DONE! Now I'm going to raise the grain one more time, and, when that's dry, sand and scrape it one last time. The hardest part to get really smooth is the area right before the sguscia, as sometimes it's difficult for the scrapers to fully reach that area. (But I think sanding will help in that problem.) After that, it will be time to do the hollowing (thicknessing) of the inside of the plate! At the moment, the plate weighs 240g and taps to an A4. It will be interesting to see what happens when I have completed the thicknessing and graduating. The goal is to either have the plate tap to the same or 1/2 a note off the top's plate frequency (which is F#4).		PREPARING TO HOLLOW OUT THE BACK PLATE... Following the method given by both Johnson & Courtnall's book and Jon Mangum's YouTube channel (3:25-5:50 section of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prkD9CBaRBY&list=PLVDzn26dTKWeXlVy2rNGjdzTq7ZTZeVRW&index=5&t=1541s ), I have marked up the inside of the back plate for the various thicknesses. The measurements I've written are actually 1mm thicker than the final thicknesses (before the final plate tuning, that is), just to play safe. These are the thicknesses I will use for drilling the holes with the drill press, just as I did for the top plate. That I will do tomorrow.
Sunday, July 3rd, 2022:		I forgot how hard this is!!!
		Monday, July 4th, 2022: 4:00 p.m. Monday... GETTIN' THERE, BUT SLOWLY... I've been using finger planes and now have the plate to 150 grams and a G or G#4 note. It still is at least 1-1.5mm too thick, but it's much easier to carve now, as it's nice and smooth. Just have to work it down now. I think it's time for me to mark it again into the basic thicknesses sections and little squares, so I can be more methodical now in getting the measurements closer. ALSO...It's time for me to give Hannah (my dog) her first July 4th sedative, as it takes an hour or two for it to kick in. Last night I gave her two of them, spaced about four hours apart, and it did seem to help. I also put her on a short tether to my bed's leg, short enough that she could crawl under the bed, but not jump up onto my bed (because the previous night she kept jumping onto me in her fear).

 

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