Quote Originally Posted by blinddrew View Post
I have tool envy.
Haha I'm about to buy a couple more tools as well. It's a bit of an outlay now but I'm hoping to make a few violins and I don't know what access to power tools I'll have over the next couple years so trying to make sure I have the tools to do them completely by hand.

Quote Originally Posted by FrankenWashie View Post
Ah the finger planes, a purchase I have dithered over for a number of years....kudos sir.
I admit, I cheated here a bit. I purchased a cheap chinese set off eBay. Time will tell whether I should've just sucked it up and bought the ibex ones or something similar.

Quote Originally Posted by Simon Barden View Post
What's the plywood shape for? You already have some templates, so is it another template or is it for bending things around?
The plywood shape will be the form (inside mould). 6 blocks of wood are temporarily glued to it, then the ribs are bent and glued to the blocks of wood. Then the lining (basically the same as kerfing just without the relief cuts) is glued to one edge of the ribs. Then the plywood form is removed. Then lining is glued to the other edge, then the top and back can be glued on.