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gallery Viola -5- Neck
Welcome to the gallery Viola -5- Neck.
Starting from a curly maple wedge, getting a true parallelepiped, with the grain strictly flat.
The resulting neck blank .
Gluing the template on the side.
I just pass beside a knot.
Smoothing the scroll with an heavy piece of sanding belt.
Scraper for the other parts.
These transparent soft rulers are really useful in the shop.
I pierce some holes in the template to be able to align it on the center line.
Gluing the template all around the scroll.
It is time to drill the peg holes while we still have an edge parallel to the center line.
Cutting the sides of the pegbox.
From a certain point, I cannot cut with the bandsaw anymore.
Paring the sides with a chisel.
I start the carving of the scroll by different cuts with the hand saw, turning around the center button.
Rounding with the chisel, staying well vertical.
Once clean, we continue sawing, rolling a little more around the button.
You need to verify very frequently the work under all angles.
From that point, there is no more paper template. You need to draw the second floor of the scroll on the wood by hand.
The other side is carved like so, taking care to keep well symmetric.
The rounded surfaces are smoothed with a flat file.
The sides are dug in the scroll to provide some character.
The inside corner is neatly cut using gouges with different radius.
The surfaces are smoothed with a scraper.
You need to make some scrapers with adapted shapes.
The nape is roughed out with a gouge.
The flutes at the back of the head.
You need to keep a little border along the edges.
This part is difficult. Using a leather piece to avoid any damages with the gouge.
You need to dig until the far corner....
Coming close to the final goal.
Here it is. Still no sand paper at this stage.
For carving the pegbow, I start by drilling some holes to remove most of the wood.
You must take the maximum care about the depth.
Beware not to scratch the scroll.
The desired depth is marked on the chisel with a sharpie.
The sides are cleaned up using a scraper used flat. (Need to be sharpened with a hook)
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