Tools and Materials

Skills required: Basic wood working experience necessary.

A solid working surface that can work can be clamped onto or a bench with a wood working vise (ideal).

Machinery access required:

14” Bandsaw or larger

Table top drill press or larger

Hand drill

Dremel

Hand tools required:

Xacto knife

Scissors

Long and short steel ruler

Vise and or C or F clamps

Selection of wood rasps and files

Carving knife/knives

80 grit and 220 sand paper

Sand block/s

Key hole saw/hack saw blade

Selection of drill bits

Spoon for scraping gourd

.024 and .032 nut slotting files (stewmac.com)

3/16” Nut seating file (stewmac.com)

Dust mask

Used soft white t shirt for applying finish and to polish finish

Fine steel wool if available

Violin peg reamer

Violin peg shaver

Materials required:

-2”x3”x40” hard wood for neck blank-best to find a local source

-Martin gourd- pumpkin hollow/Welburn gourd farm/Wuertz Gourd farm

-Goat skin- Jeff Menzies/www.goatskinsja.com

-upholstery tacks- wide selection available online

-Titebond Original wood glue- homedepot or online

-4/4 Violin pegs- wide range of violin part suppliers online