Getting ready for the blocks

I found a violin maker locally who also sells tone wood. In addition to selling me the wood, he gave me some feedback on the first cello which will help me to make this one better.

Now that the mould is ready and I have the wood for the blocks I can soon start with the actual cello build. I was wondering at some point a while back that do I really want to start building a second cello. Now I am very excited again and can't wait to go through all the steps again. I am very hopeful that with the experience from the first one, some good feedback and the book I bought (The Art of Violin Making by Chris Johnson and Roy Courtnall) this second one will indeed be an improvement over the first one.

I found a YouTube channel by violin maker Lucas Fabro,  www.youtube.com/c/LucasFabro. He also has a couple of videos specifically on cello making, although it looks like he either never finished the cello, or stopped filming. The first two videos relate to blocks. The mould I have is different as the layers extend all the way to the edge of the ribs. I found it pretty easy to use a plane to get the ends of the blocks flush with the mould. Lucas needs to do a lot of sanding to get the blocks the right height.

Here some other links related to the blocks:
www.derekroberts.co.uk/making/blocks.htm
osnesviolins.com/4.Mold%20set%20up.htm
guitars.davidalabaster.com/cello-week-3-the-ribs/
​www.makingtheviolin.com/Mould