The making of high end Australian timbers violin

The making of 'Tasmanian Tiger'
Top plate: Tasmanian King Billy Pine
Back plate, ribs, neck and scroll: Queensland Maple
Finger board, pegs, tail-piece and chin-rest: Ringed Gidgee
Bridge: Sheoak
Inside blocks and lining: Milky Pine

0:00 - Cutting the blocks to length
0:40 - Gluing the block to mold
1:35 - Sanding the blocks
3:15 - Sawing the ribs
3:36 - Thicknessing the ribs
4:00 - Bending the 'C' ribs
4:09 - Gluing the 'C' ribs in position
5:25 - Bending the bottom ribs
5:35 - Gluing the ribs on the blocks
6:38 - Sanding the width of the ribs
6:52 - Slotting the corner blocks for lining
7:31 - Bending and fitting in the lining
8:03 - Gluing in the lining
9:35 - Sanding down the width of the rib-structure
10:20 - Smoothing the ribs structure with a scraper
11:07 - Gluing the two halves of top plate
12:02 - Flat planing the bottom and top plate
13:14 - Thicknessing the plates
15.02 - Marking out the profile of the plates
16:20 - Cutting out the profile of the plates
18:31 - Rough gauging the arching of the plates
21:19 - Planing out the 'sixth'
23:42 - Gauging out the 'fifths'
24:38 - Joining in the 'fifths'
26:58 - Routing out the fluting channel
30:24 - Marking out the purfling groove
31:15 - Cutting out Queensland Ebony strips for purfling
32:24 - Bending and fitting in the purfling
36:13 - Final scraping of the arching
37:55 - Drilling the thicknessing holes
39:44 - Measuring and marking the thickness of the plates
40:09 - Measuring the tap tone frequency of the plates
40:36 - Cutting out the 'f' holes
41:25 - Fitting in the base bar
43:12 - De-molding the rib-structure
44:51 - Gluing the back plate to the ribs
46:10 - Applying the casein to the inside of the sound-box
46:27 - Gluing in the label
46:43 - Gluing on the top plate
48:50 - Marking out the neck and scroll
53:15 - Hardness test Gidgee versus Gaboon Ebony
54:20 - Bevelling the Gidgee finger-board
56:42 - Cutting the neck mortice into the corpus
58:12 - Gluing the neck into the corpus
1:00:02 - Colouring the scroll bevels with permanent ink
1:00:29 - Varnishing the violin
1:00:56 - The UV box
1:01:22 - Sanding down after 10 coats of varnish
1:02:24 - Sanding down after 27 coats of varnish
1:03:19 - Polishing with cerium oxide
1:04:42 - Colouring inside the 'f' holes with permanent ink
1:05:11 - Gluing the finger board
1:09:36 - Making the Gidgee pegs
1:11:17 - Making the tail piece
1:12:11 - Inlaying the 24 karat gold leaf on the pegs
1:13:50 - CNC routing the bridge blanks
1:15:05 - Weighing my fine tuner
1:15:20 - Setting up the violin
1:18:15 - Pictures and audio recording of this violin ('Tasmanian Tiger')

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