This is my first commission. While I am making number 7, I will also make a left-handed instrument for the sake of doing it. The materials for #7 are on the right, #8 on the left.
- Making 3
- Making 4
- Making 6
- Making 7 & 8
- Plates Jointed, Linings Trimmed
- Corner Blocks Glued
- Ribs in Place
- Plates Cut Out
- Linings in Place
- Plates Shaped
- Plates Drilled
- Goderich 2012
- New Workshop
- Back Plate Inside
- Back Plate Inside Done
- F-holes cut
- Fitting first Bass Bar
- Tool Room is Finished
- Machine Room is Finished
- Small Top Cleaned Out
- Back Glued, Bass Bar Glued
- Back Glued Again
- Bass Bar Shaped
- Second set of F-holes cut
- Upper Linings
- Linings Sanded Flush
- Large Top Glued
- Small Top Glued
- Purfling Grooves Cut
- First Purfling Grooves Done
- Second Purfling Grooves Done
- First Scroll Roughed Out
- Art in the Park
- Goderich 2013
- Door Knocker
- Scroll 1 in process
- Scroll 1 almost done
- Scroll 2 roughed out
- Back Purfling
- Front Purfling
- Body done
- Scroll 2 in process
- Art in the Park 2014
- Back to the Scroll
- Ashley's Scroll Done
- Sinister Mortise cut
- Two VSOs
- Sinister Neck Root Done
- Ashley's Neck Root Done
- Maker's Mark
- Maker's Mark in Red
- Sinister Fingerboard Attached
- Sinister Saddle Attached
- Sinister Pegs Fitted
- A Sinister Violin
- Visit by Phil Churchill
- Ashley's Fingerboard Done
- 3 Years, 4 Months, 10 Days
- Ashley Plays Her Fiddle
- Sealer applied
- First coat varnish
- Second coat varnish
- Third coat varnish
- Fourth coat varnish
- Fifth coat varnish
- Sixth coat varnish
- Seventh coat varnish
- Sinister is finished
- Eighth coat varnish
- Ninth coat varnish
- The Ashley is finished
- Mercury 2016