May 2011
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Wood Under the ‘Scope
A couple of weeks ago I discovered that it was easy to shoot photos through my microscope by just jamming my cell phone camera up against the eyepiece, so I started looking for interesting things to shoot. Some of the varnish ground samples on bridges, shown in an earlier post, look pretty cool under the ‘scope.
In this shot, the big vertical comb towards the...
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Gouges
Over at the Maestronet forum I posted this photo of the collection of gouges I use, and I’m going to repost here what I wrote there.
It’s easy to want to buy everything, but then you have to keep it all sharp. Here’s the list:
From the left: 30mm #7 for roughing, inside and out. The total length is 355mm 25mm #3 for finishing, inside and out. 19mm #7 for the edge...
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New Stradivari Violin Photo Set
One of the finest Stradivari violins in existence, the 1721 ex-Lady Blunt, is going to be auctioned in a couple of weeks at the Tarisio online auction site. Here’s a link to more about the auction, and some great photos: http://tarisio.com/wp/2011/04/the-lady-blunt-stradivarius-of-1721/
Last week the violin made a pass through Chicago, and we were able...
