Drawing the f-holes

After checking my books, I decided to draw the f-holes next. I think I will still reduce the thickness of the front plate a little before actually cutting the f-holes but I thought it wouldn't hurt to mark them already now. I have been a worried if my assumption that I can just downscale a 4/4 cello uniformly by 86.8 % will work, but this time I actually got a nice validation of the approach. Barker's table for approximate measurements for a cello list for 1/2 cello:

• top edge to f-nicks - 340 cm
• distance apart between ffs at top - 80 mm

These matched perfectly with the downscaled 4/4 cello from Strobel! Now I have one worry less.

To mark the f-holes I glued the scaled f-hole from the plans to a piece of plastic sheet and cut it out. I then traced the hole on both sides symmetrically. When cutting out the f-holes the lines will need to be cut out too.