Jon, I wish I had your carving skills - next time I make a lute I'd like to try a solid mould, but the thought of producing a complex shape with accurately curved lines and surfaces out of a lump of wood terrifies me! I'm sure with your experience of carving you will be able to work out how to go about it.
I just about managed to carve the neck block with fairly accurate facets, following detailed instructions from David, and using the lines and facets from the completed mould to guide the carving. Unfortunately, as far as I can see, Lundberg's book does not even mention how the facets on the mould are cut. Rob, I hope you might be able to give me a clue, having learnt directly from him. I assume there is a systematic method, not relying just on a steady hand and a sharp eye? At heart, I guess I'm more of an engineer than a craftsman... Regards Din > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Dorsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 04 December 2007 14:22 > To: 'Jon Murphy'; 'lute-builder' > Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar > > Jon, > > I've made molds from pine lumber which works fine albeit > harder to carve but the best is bass wood or boxwood. > Basswood carves like butter and is easy to finish. As an > avant-garde touch, you can carve the mould without facets so > that the number of ribs can be varied or a multi-rib (39 or > so) can be made if you're feeling particularly industrious. > > Best, > Rob Dorsey > http://RobDorsey.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:08 AM > To: lute-builder > Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar > > All, > > I think Rob has convinced me to can my skeletal form and make > a solid one. I like the idea of sculpting the air within the > body, and as a woodcarver I have all the tools and skills for > shaping a solid form. The confidence I'll gain from having > the form fully shaped will probably get me off my butt to > make the body of my incipient lute. > > Dan's method is attractive in the apparent speed of the > process, but I doubt I could accomplish it without being > "hands on" at his workshop (which is tempting, but June is a > long time away). > > Best, Jon > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
