The Sitka Violin: Part One
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
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This is the first part of this Sitka Violin series. As you will hear about I am making a violin from the local woods of Sitka Alaska. Should be a fun build!
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Found you on the series for Tally Ho, and have enjoyed watching since. Thanks!
So glad! Thanks for taking the time to watch.
Thank you for coming back. The long break made me nervous. I can’t wait to see how this turns out.
Haha. I will always come back! I have lots of projects going on and coming up. Some I have the time to film and some... I just dont. I know lots of youtube folks that publish on a schedule. Which I know is best for building a following and such...but I am just trying to post when they get done, especially this series. So they may come out sporadicly.
I like your attitude regarding tool safety. I use a radial arm saw that I've had for 40 years or so. Despite using the "most dangerous saw" in many folks opinion I've never had a serious injury and I too sometimes work to very fine dimensions. Love your channel which I found when you did the fiddle for Tally Ho, great craftsmanship.
Thanks so much! I appreciate your comment and taking the time to watch.
Glad you are back on Thanks looks like a great series.
Thanks for taking the time to watch.
Awesome, I was excited to see a new video from you Daniel. Thank you. I'm looking forward to this series, very intreguing. Now I know where Sitkas Spruce comes from, and that it is a place in Alaska. Those tight grwoth rings are amazing, a testament of the harsh environment of where they grow. Take care.
Thanks! Yeah I can't imagine the climate these trees have endured and thrived in.
Mesmerizing
Glad you liked it!
Interesting project. I hope we'll hear more about the specific prevenance and history of some of those pieces of wood you are using. and about Sitka Alaska which, living in the Philippines as I do, I have never heard of.
I can give some more details and stories about each piece of wood in the build for you. I may do a whole episode about that once the construction is done. Thanks for the feedback
I love these special instruments that you make.
Thanks so much. I appreciate it.
Loved the piece of black Walnut behind you. Always a pleasure to watch and learn on your channel
Thanks so much! Yeah that is part of a log I traded an art work for about 9 or 10 years ago. Slowly been using it for all sorts of stuff. Banjo necks coming out it in the future. But it is has been used for frames and dog beds and legs of tables and all sorts of stuff.
Here is some of that one in the dog bed ruclips.net/video/syHhVzQ8Hjw/видео.html
Western red cedar always reminds me of sharpening the old No. 2 pencils in school.
very cool
looking forward to seeing this
All of the spars on my boat are Sitka spruce. The main mast was made from two timbers glued together that were probably something like 4x8x40' each before they were shaped down. Those are some giant old trees...
very cool! I can only imagine how big they are!
Oh boy, another violin serie!! I cannot tell you how excited I am about this one.
BTW, I'm researching about Sitka Music Festival. it looks amazing.
It is a really special event especially to that community! I am going to go this year to deliver the violin! I can't wait.
Great video, Daniel. Very excited to see how bring all the pieces together into an instrument.
I appreciate your reverence for the wood. And your great patience in shooting and editing your videos!
Thanks! I am exited as well! Im and glad to get started in making it all. Watching the wood acclimate is just painful haha.
Really looking forward to this Violin build series Daniel! I have used Sitka Spruce in the past and it's a really nice wood to work with. 👍👍🔨🔨
Thanks so much for tuning in and I can't wait to get more done to share!
Daniel, as always, I love it! I also 100% agree with you about working with machine tools. I also have all my fingers and I worked with wood and metal working tools for around 45 years, both as a living and for fun. Can't wait to see Part 2!
I think it is fairly easy to determine if someone is unsafe vs unconventional use. For a craftsman that has a nonstandard way of using a tool, it is very deliberate and precise, as opposed to the guy that has no idea who is generally all over the place and with no plan.
good call!
So cool! Is there any way you could some explanation of parts of the violin as you’re explaining them? Some of us may not know what parts you’re talking about when you’re discussing them 😃
great idea! I will make sure to do a break down in the one I am editing now. Thanks for looking out.
The Sitka spruce was introduced to Norway towards the end of the 19th century because it was able to grow in the cold and windy weather along the coast. It was planted all over to provide shelter for other growth. Turned out it was an invasive species of course so now we have to work to limit the spread and are even chopping down a lot of Sitka forests.
Wow! Interesting. Well I would gladly take any extra lying around haha.
Love your work, but 13 minutes of talking and no building was too much for me. Grateful for fast forward. D
Daniel needs to explain things for the nonwoodworks. Especially for the Sitka Music Festival audience. Just like a house, he needs to build the foundation first. The next episode will be much more interesting. Thank you. BTW, I'm the guy who is paying for the violin.
I can understand that. I know some folks that love the whole story and want to see longer videos I know some that just skip to the end to see the final product. For me I like the balance of education and sharing the process so folks can understand the details in the end.
@@mdlclap I am thinking we will do a whole episode near the end giving the stories behind each board you sent and where it ended up in the instrument.