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Joint Pain #1: tender loving care

Joining violin plates with the jointer plane is so tricky and so important that it’s the ONLY step that we don’t get to do on our first violin. But remember, I’m on my SECOND VIOLIN! which means plenty of fodder for my new violin making mini-series: JOINT PAIN!

introduction to wooden jointer plane for joining violin plates

 

…. Thank goodness the last panel is a hyperbole. I did bump the vise. But it didn’t fall. And she wasn’t horrified. In fact, I think she was not surprised at all. And it has a safety net under it (aka a big trash can).

Construction notebook excerpts

I’m supposed to be studying for a violin construction quiz. Thought I’d cheat on my blog here and just post some of my notes. As you will see, they can be a little, um, excessive at times.

Garland clamps

judy garland clamps for gluing up your violin

Even dividers have devolved into uneven dividers

how uneven dividers came to be

Flat-bottom finger plane has evolved into round-bottom finger plane

how the roundbottom fingerplane came to be
I definitely drew that around Thanksgiving.

Sports bra

my least favorite thing about exercising is getting stuck in a sports bra

Hmm, I guess this is part two of a series on spandex/tight clothing. I should really just do away with sports bras. Not like there’s anything to strap down anyway. Mom describes us as “机场,” literally meaning “airport,” as in we are flat as runways. I prefer to think of our physique as… practical.

By the way, I think this was the most challenging posing / anatomy I have ever drawn without directly copying a reference. I mean, occasionally I kind of waved my arms around in the mirror, but that doesn’t really count. And I gave up on all the hands.