Comments on: More about violin-making planes

By: Violin-making planes « Finely Strung

Violin-making planes « Finely Strung — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 21:12:47 +0000

[...] post, I’ll try to give a bit more detail and discuss modifications and refinements. (See here.) GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]

By: Japanese style violin making planes « Finely Strung

Japanese style violin making planes « Finely Strung — Sun, 23 May 2010 08:01:31 +0000

[...] He makes the planes from European oak or boxwood and chisels them out of a solid block. This is a technique that I intend to re-visit. All the planes that I’ve made recently followed the Krenov method in which you start by sawing two slices off the block to make the sides of the plane, shape the bed and throat from the middle section, and then glue it back together. There are some photographs of this method of construction here and here. [...]

By: Another way of constructing violin-making planes « Finely Strung

Another way of constructing violin-making planes « Finely Strung — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:47:31 +0000

[...] want to find them, go to the bottom of the page and type plane into the seach box. Or click here, here and here. There’s also a short entry about them on the tools and jigs [...]

By: John Chatham

John Chatham — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:00:14 +0000

Very fine work. I am impressed. Can you recommend a ready made group of planes. I’m planning on a line of mandolins.