Bass bar

I started fitting the bass bar. First I planed the bass bar to right thickness. For this 1/2 cello Baker in her book specifies a thickness of 9.5 mm. This again matches well with the scaled thickness of the bass bar in Strobel's cello book. I don't know why I keep being amazed by the consistency between the two. Some how I can't below one can just scale all dimensions by the same factor. Apparently one can though.

Once the bass bar had the correct thickness I clamped the bass bar to the front plate an used a large washer to roughly mark the shape of the front on the bass bar. I did that on both sides since the front is curved also perpendicular to the bass bar. I also marked the length of the bass bar. A spokeshave quickly removed the extra material. I also attached two block on the front plate with double sided plate to ensure the bass bar is always in the same position and angel relative to the front plate.

Next step is to carefully fit the bass bar to the front. This is usually done by putting chalk on the front plate and placing the bass bar on its place. If the chalk is not evenly on the bass bar, then one knows where to remove a little wood at a time from the bass bar.