Nearing finished

My soundholes are made by my belt sander. They provide bowing cutouts so you can reach the bass and treble strings without hitting the body. The fingerboard and bridge, pegs, all come from China. I painted the head scroll with oil paints in thin washes of yellow ochre, Venetian red and burnt umber.
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  • Thanks J.D. I'll be finding my rosin and sawing away for a sound track for a fiddling lumberjack I'm building. I've made several bowed fiddles, violas, cellos. They all sound very different.
  • Nice ,I would like to hear what it sounds like ,but nice craftsmanship!
  • Thanks uncle J. Sea saw squeak squak. Where,s that rosin?
  • I,ve been getting nice Chinese bows very cheaply on ebay Monteray. Under $10.
  • Well that sure is something! Real classy! Are you making a bow?
  • Ha ha, but good on the sound holes.  Very nice!

  • ThanksGeorge, don,t look too close.
  • Thanks Gary. Just fiddling around. bowtox notwithstanding.
  • Dave, that is excellent craftsmanship!  Well done.

  • Now how danged cool is this one, Dave!  That's just flat-out brilliant!

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