How to make the Templates and Form for your Violin

[@MekwokStudio]

Hi Everyone, I am closing my Shopify, and You can get the Templates here: www.corvuskwok.com/templates

[@HamedZinyvand]

سلام استاد عزیز خسته نباشید ، من ایران هستم وکار شما رو دنبال می کنم وشما بسیار استاد هستید من چطور می توانم از شما کمک بگیرم برایه تهیه نقشه ساخت ویالون❤❤❤❤

[@catchmeifyoucan2815]

Your videos are an invaluable asset for us beginning violin makers ♥️ thanks for all the time and effort you are putting in 🙏

[@MekwokStudio]

Thanks, glad that it helps!

[@pandasrtasty]

This post took the words outta my mouth!

[@MekwokStudio]

Thank you!

[@alejandraherrera3515]

Have you more models avaible for laser cutters?

[@MekwokStudio]

We are working on it!

[@Aerodauphin]

You are a great luthier. Your work is so inspiring.

[@MekwokStudio]

Thank you very much!

[@johnsutcliffe3209]

I'm making a violin. Your videos and advice are so inspiring. Thankyou

[@MekwokStudio]

Thankyou. Glad that it helps

[@johngee876]

I have no intention in making a violin. But, I really enjoying seeing how one is made. As I watch, I try to imagine how the great luthiers of the 16th century used far more primitive materials and tools to do the equivalent tasks. Thank you for sharing what you have learned.

[@MekwokStudio]

Absolutely. No lamps, no drill press, no coffee machine back then!

[@keymaker_coils686]

I have successfully completed one very traditional strad model and I'm starting my second loosely based on a guarnerius violin but with a black walnut back and sides. Great video series 👍

[@MekwokStudio]

Thanks, and Congratulation! Making a Guarneri would be fun!

[@heinzhuberti3583]

Thank you for these videos! When I was in school I tremendously enjoyed working with wood and my mother encouraged me to become a violin maker. I chose a different path but recently I wanted to get back into woodworking. There is another very good video on KZbin in which an American violin maker is explaining how to use compass and ruler to create the outline of the violin. I tired this method to shape the body of the violin. Thank you for the links to the other resources! It is a joy to watch your work and I will try to follow along.

[@MekwokStudio]

Thank you!

[@MekwokStudio]

If you don't want to do all these, there are some commercial sets you can buy out there, just that I find some of them are not very accurate, and expensive... But you will have to make the Curtate Cycloid arching templates yourself anyway, as all the commercial archings are straightly copied (more or less) from the poster, which is the worn out archings. And here's the Digital Titian Templates again: mekwok-studio.myshopify.com/products/titian-template?fbclid=IwAR18Z3whKkR3PfXumKCgGUbDs7NjYDUw07gFrOUbsIdyA1dvmSqqT44BjaI

[@MR-ub6sq]

Thanks for all these videos that explain how to make a violin. I watched the video text 1:26 "this traditional 16th century criminals made violence with a form" I don't quite understand. Maybe this "violence" means "violins", but what do you mean by "criminalists"? In what sense were they criminals - if not in the sense that they used at least the now-endangered Ebony? One thing that was unclear in the video where you show how to form the ribs: How do you actually get the mold out of the inside of the pre-glued part. With fast-forwarding and a weak viewing angle, it didn't get it at all. Which one would you have the opportunity to record on video in more detail :)

[@MekwokStudio]

@@MR-ub6sq Hah, I mean 16th century Cremonese made Violins with a form.

[@vladimir_violin]

You're making a really pleasurable videos for eyes, I'd watch it for hours) Thank you for sharing your experience

[@MekwokStudio]

Thank you!

[@flrn84791]

Very very helpful, thank you for making this series :) Looking forward to the videos about taking care and making tools!

[@MekwokStudio]

Thank you!

[@y6op476]

Hey! You said here 2:25 “there are no measurements included” and “make sure your printer is calibrated” my question is, what is the measurements should i calibrate in the printer? Thank you for your efforts

[@MekwokStudio]

There is no measurement on the photo, but there is a chart somewhere in the website. Follow the body length and print it with the right size.

[@therascals8237]

I can't wait for the rest of the series! For the 5 arching templates, how do you know the shape is correct in between the templates? Also what about the arching on the underside? thanks!

[@MekwokStudio]

Thanks! If you've watch the Tools video, there is a thing called the Sacconi Compass, we use that to draw contour lines on the plate, to see if the in between area are in good shape!

[@dennisrlovesaydarkcarbone3242]

Wonderful channel thank you watching your template video, do you can you supply the templates and a cost thank you dennis

[@avatrix5322]

watching your videos is giving me inspiration to get into violin making seeing as i have a background in handtool-only furniture making, the only problem is the lack of lumber selection in my area :/

[@MekwokStudio]

I know how that feel,, I got my lumber from overseas.. or maybe you can try using up-cycling materials first?

[@avatrix5322]

@@MekwokStudio i might experiment with local materials first, see if they work well

[@MekwokStudio]

Yay. Report back!

[@tonoosterhoff]

Thanks for your very instructive video. Always a pleasure to watch. I'm now building my second violin and used the Stainer 1679 model from the stradshop (not the easiest to do as a second build). I found that the pictures are somewhat misleading. Only the foto's appear to be on a 100% scale. But the drawings on the backside, except for the arching, are just sketches to show where the measurements are taken. You definitely need to be aware of that! Making a template for the neck from that poster is also a bit difficult. You can only use a foto of the scroll, but there's no dimensioning for the rest of the neck. Do you use a default template for that?

[@MekwokStudio]

Yay, some of them are misleading, that’s why I make my own templates. For the scroll, I will get the outline of it from the poster and work the neck out on my own with universal measurements!

[@TheWolfes]

@@MekwokStudio Thank you so much for your time and effort ion making these videos! I'm preparing to start my first build. For the neck and scroll, most templates I've seen include a side view, but nothing from the top showing the dimensions of the scroll, peg box and peg locations or even width of the neck/fingerboard. Am I correct in assuming that these measurements would be taken from drawings, or are some templates or drawings available that would include these measurements? Thanks again!

[@lupcio8296]

10:10 what is it, where to buy it or what is it called

[@AndrewJFodor]

“Your smelly fingers will stain the pure wood, and make it unholy” I am dying.😂😂😂

[@MekwokStudio]

Don’t you think so?😂😂😂

[@osmankucukklnc2375]

Sorry for the simple question, but I want to know: Which is correct: 40 grams (shellac+sandarac) and 160 grams of alcohol, or 40 grams of ingredients and 10 grams of alcohol? Another question I have is what type of alcohol was used? Thanks for the enjoyable video

[@MekwokStudio]

Hey! Alcohol should surely be covering all the ingredients.

[@andreaceccobelli6197]

Hi, what kind of cutter do you use for the drill press to smooth out the side of the violin. could you please indicate in the link' Thanks

[@MekwokStudio]

StewMac Safe T Planer: cutt.ly/WB91EzL I talked about it in the tool video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3K3oIiHlt19qbs&t

[@riccardo-964]

Keep posting these, please.

[@MekwokStudio]

Doing my best.

[@PrabinPrabi-si3kv]

Sir im from india, kerala...u hav clint eastwood sound😊

[@MekwokStudio]

“And do you feel lucky?”

[@HamedZinyvand]

استاد عزیز خسته نباشید تشکر از ویدعویه شما چطور میتون یک الگو یا قالب باخت ویالون از شما تهیه کنم

[@jimbopicks]

I purchased your set of Titian templates. The long arch template for the top seems very flat compared to the others, and to the Titian strad poster. Is that template supposed to span the entire length of the top?

[@MekwokStudio]

The long arch span from the 1st to the last arching only!

[@jimbopicks]

Yep, that makes sense, thanks! Appreciate you putting these templates out there.@@MekwokStudio

[@MekwokStudio]

Thanks! Glad that it’s helpful! And thanks for purchasing!

[@MrThuraKo]

New subscriber here…

[@MekwokStudio]

Welcome!

[@johndeer4250]

awesome video thanks

[@MekwokStudio]

Glad that you enjoyed!

[@simonecamplani2430]

Is that drill press tool a safe T planer? I would loce a similar system as i hate making the purfling platform with files, do you have suggestions?

[@MekwokStudio]

I use the Foredom SR for the purfling.

[@doctorrosenrosen6922]

Thanks!

[@MekwokStudio]

Thanks a lot!

[@celiomarcosrodriguessousa3498]

❤😊

[@Hyungju8869]

Template is 5T?

[@stringmaster08]

Hi! I cannot buy the DWG template as I cannot sign up due to error. Can you please help me? @mekwok studio

[@MekwokStudio]

Hi, what’s the error you got there?