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It certainly did work. We made a former and slowly cranked the wood around the gentle curve, spritzing the wood with water. We aren't referring to the type of tight curves that are found on the Violin 'C' s. . . . . but then again the wood was 5 mm thick Ash! I had one of the Bows hanging on a peg i...

I remember the cold bending method. Actually it may have been a search through the old Library but I certainly remember the technique because it was an unusual method. Never did bend any Violin ribs using it though. Having said that a friend and myself used the method for bending the limbs of the re...

It's a lot more long winded than the video suggests:

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Incannel gouges are still being made. I know that Henry Taylor (UK) make them. I'm sure there are others. I can't really give you the sweeps of these. Mine are old English gouges. I picked up two of them pretty cheap. It's probably best to go by the curves of the model that you are making and get th...

I don't think that type are well regarded by the Violin makers. You only need 1 gouge for the rough arching. Pointless buying 2 or 3 gouges when they are of no advantage. A wide (approx. 35 mm) No. 3 or No. 4 sweep. It doesn't have to be exactly those dimensions, you can get away with other widths a...