Building a fine hand made violin, is on the sharp edge of tools

Building a fine handmade violin, is on the sharp edge of tools

How to sharpen a chisel and Gouge to make a handmade violin

To sharpen the chisel, we first start sharpening the tool head with a stone and then we use leather to sharpen it

 

 

 

Honing compound is applied on the leather.Where it can still be done of this material makes the chisel sharpen much faster, and the sharper the chisel is, the Make the tools sharpened much faster it is to make a handmade violin. Making a violin is on the sharp edge. There is no place for sanding in making a handmade violin, except for a few places where it can be done without sanding. Sharpening the tool itself is a very important skill and learning this skill Takes a significant amount of effort and patience. Stradivarius also used the same tool to make violins.

 

Chisel
Chisel

 

Gouge 
Gouge