Fluting of the scroll

I started fluting the scroll today. I first watched a few videos on Youtube about this to gather up my courage. I especially liked the videos by Davide Sora and will do my fluting in a similar fashion. I compared the curvatures of my gouges against the fluting on my son's current cello. The 7 / 10 was a pretty good match. It also has the tightest curve of my gouges.

I started with the narrowest part at the back to test how it goes. With a sharp gouge the end grain gets cut into beautiful thin shavings. Tomorrow I can hopefully get a lot more done now that I know what I am doing.

Some good references:

• www.derekroberts.co.uk/making/finishscroll.htm
• osnesviolins.com/3.Carving%20a%20scroll.htm
• guitars.davidalabaster.com/cello-week-7-the-neck/
• www.makingtheviolin.com/Fluting
• Youtube: Davide Sora: Dorso della testa di violino
• Youtube: maestroKimon: Making a violin - step 16 - the fluting
• Youtube: Jon Magnum: How to Build a Fiddle -- part 9: Finishing the Scroll and Neck
• Youtube: Peter Westerlund: Part 63 Making the Outer channel of the scroll
• Youtube: David Ireland: Carving the Violin Scroll: Part II
• ​Youtube: Brian Lisus: Carving the scroll...