Why facet the mould? Wouldn't it be easier to plane and fit the ribs if the edges were slightly clear of the mould?
I'm asking because I have a solid mould made, but I haven't made a bowl on it yet. David Cameron >Hi all, > >I apologize if this topic has been covered before---I >wasn't able to find the answers to my questions in the >archives. > >I have made one solid lute mould before, but found it >quite awkward. Carving the block of wood to a smooth >bowl shape wasn't too bad. I was able to mark >out the rib joints so that they looked more or less >"correct", compared with photos from Robert Lundberg's >articles. For the next step, I attempted to use a >small block plane to form facets so that each rib >would like flat on the mould (this was an 11-rib >lute). I found this very difficult to do accurately, >and what's more, it is very easy to plane away the >lines you have drawn on the mould, as you can imagine! > I eventually finished the mould, but it was not >pretty. > >Anyway, my question is, what techniques/tips might >some of you have that would help in laying out and >carving an accurate, faceted, solid mould? > >On a related point, if one is building, say, a 33-rib >lute, would you leave the mould unfaceted (it seems to >me that the above problems would just get much worse >with more ribs, and the faceting part might be >unnecessary since the bowl would be nearly smooth). > >Thanks for any help, > >Bryan > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Log on to Messenger with your mobile phone! >http://sg.messenger.yahoo.com > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
