Viola Log: Convex Side, and Teh Crack of Doom
It’s a slightly different drill for the convex side. I’m deathly scared of the metal grinder, chisels (basically anything that cuts with any amount of speed), so I just used the same sander at 120grit the whole way through this. It’s not bad, it’s just... slow. Just a couple of pics of this process.
Ah, the good ol’ days when I could just cantilever the slab without fearing it would break... Very early in the sanding process, working in the shop.
Here’s what it looked like after… oh, I dunno, a couple of hours. It goes very slowly, but it’s better than fucking it up by going too fast. So whatever. Also, I discovered how hard it was to photograph curved surfaces, when I was trying to show the progress on the thing… I haven't figured out the trick of it yet, so none of them are particularly revealing, sorry. :P
Eventually I got it nice and thin like that on one end, though obviously there’s still a way to go. (Sorry about the glare, I didn’t have time to adjust the settings really, seeing that all I did was plop the camera down and set a timer and hope it wouldn't fall.) You can see the shiny dust and stuff though, which I think is neat anyway. Working in the garage.
I happened to look up at the right time in this one. Look like a dork, don't I? :P That’s working the other side than the previous.
(Yes, that is actually a safe way to clamp it… on the underside I had a block of wide that took the pressure off a bit.)
And… yeah. :P I was respectably close to being done with this piece, just a few more hours of fine sanding to get the curve right, but then it... broke. I don’t remember how I had it clamped, but I must have done something stupid, wasn't careful or wasn't listening to supervisor's advice or whatever. So yeah. That’s how it broke. *still feels awful about this*
Anyway, with my super!fantastic!omniscient supervisors helping me out and making sure I didn't glue the damn thing to the table, I got it glued back together. It being a nice, clean break almost down the center helped things considerably. Had to sand off the excess glue; in fact, after that little incident, decided to finish it entirely by hand, since I was terrified of breaking it again.
For some reason I can’t find my finished!front pic. *pokes self* Another thing to dig out of Esther, since I know I have a respectable pic somewhere. *thinks she left her external hard drive downstairs... somewhere* Anyhow, that bit’s all done. Yayz.
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I'll do more when I'm feeling a little more enthused. I'm way behind on this, though, I'm more than half done with the backside now...
Really out of practice now, too. Barely played at all this month. *guilty*