Violin Making Tools
Tools
- Bird's tongue files - 150mm & 200mm
- F-hole file
- Flat wood file - fine
- Flat wood file - medium
- Sinking gouge - 10 mm
- Corner block gouge - 22mm
- Rough arching gouge - 30mm
- Scroll gouges, 13-piece set
- Metric rulers - 30mm, 50mm
- Violinmaker's knives - 10mm & 15mm
- Purfling marker
- Purfling hammer
- Marking gauge
- Calipers, violin/cello size
- 3" square
- Straightedge - 30cm, 50cm
- Finger planes - 7mm, 10mm, 12mm; flat and arched
- Cradle for violin or viola with adjustable work base
- Tonewood
Supplies:
- aluminum sheet for making template
- plywood for making mould
- blue steel scraper stock
- spruce wood for blocks
- purfling (fiber)
- f-hole practice stock
Students will also need a Stanley or Record 9-1/2 block plane, a waterstone (preferably Belgian), a steel burnisher, and a couple 2" long pieces of 1/8" drill rod stock (or a couple of drill bits) for alignment pins.