Violin Neck Graft Course Part 1
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1. Introduction, choosing and planing the neck block (10:56)
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2. Fitting, gluing and trimming back the peg bushings (23:50)
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3. Sawing off the neck and chopping out the neck root (10:46)
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4. Removing the old French neck graft (17:30)
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5. Fitting and gluing pieces of wood into the French neck graft cut-outs (27:47)
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6. Fingerboard preparation (24:43)
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7. Establishing the 3 flat surfaces inside the pegbox (23:48)
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8. Transferring angles and band sawing of the neck block (14:18)
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9. Fitting the neck graft (21:43)
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10. Gluing the neck graft (15:12)
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11. Establishing the neck surface for the fingerboard (22:46)
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12. Positioning and gluing the fingerboard onto the neck (30:05)
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13. Removing excess wood from the neck and shaping top and bottom surface of the fingerboard (18:17)
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14. Establishing the pegbox, roughly shaping the neck and the nut (55:23)
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15. Finalising the nut and fingerboard and conclusion (13:23)
Violin Neck Graft Course Part 2
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1. Introduction and preparation of the top block mortice (22:15)
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2. Fitting and gluing the neck (110:48)
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3. Shaping the neck and application of filler varnish onto the peg pushings (42:59)
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4. Staining the neck (33:39)
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5. Retouch overview, application of clear varnish and scraping of the filler varnish on the peg bushings (73:04)
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6. Application and scraping down of filler varnish along the joints (16:33)
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7. Retouching of the neck graft area (54:06)
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8. Retouching of the heel area (31:46)
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9. Applying patina, oiling the neck and finishing the nut and fingerboard (12:43)
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10. Explanation of the positioning of the peg holes and conclusion (6:11)
