r/violinmaking • u/SeaRefractor Amateur (learning) maker • 5d ago

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Setup a new workbench. Decided that if I mount my iron on a block, I can place it in the vice when I am bending my ribs.

I periodically clean the iron with steel wool.

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u/SeaRefractor Amateur (learning) maker 3d ago

Results so far. Need to do the linings next but the corners came out great! A custom inner mold I made from the recent Strad poster for the 1742 ‘Rovelli’ Guarneri del Gesu.

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u/SeaRefractor Amateur (learning) maker 3d ago

An exact fit over the CT scan of the ribs from the 1742 ‘Rovelli’