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• 1st fiddle by ROY D #7: carving top - 196 days ago | 4 comments

  here is the start of my “attempt” at carving a fiddle top. I am using basswood. i got...

• 1st fiddle by ROY D #6: bending the sides - 213 days ago | 7 comments

  tryed to bend the sides todayoops!!! side splitdon’t use a brace that don’t cover the...

• 1st fiddle by ROY D #5: day 6 & 7 - 235 days ago | 2 comments

  day 6 and 7 spent working on the molddidn’t have the right thickness of wood so i used my s...

• 1st fiddle by ROY D #4: day 5 - 251 days ago | 0 comments

  here is the pattern for the mold to shape the fiddle sides http://picasaweb.google.com/roydahl...

• 1st fiddle by ROY D #3: day 4 - 256 days ago | 3 comments

  the scroll is finall taking shape. i got it a little crocked so it will take a couple more days t...

• 1st fiddle by ROY D #2: start of the pictures..i'll give a description of process later - 259 days ago | 0 comments

  hers the start, it’s going to be a long hard build. but i know if it was easy everybody wou...

• 1st fiddle by ROY D #1: 1st fiddle - 260 days ago | 6 comments

  my first attempt at fiddle building.i will post progress each day. i’m using my homemade to...

• work bench - 671 days ago | 5 comments

  here is a work bench i built. the old oak was so tuff i hade to use cut nails and burnt up my s...

• banjo #1 - 687 days ago | 6 comments

  here are a few picshttp://picasaweb.google.com/roydahlgren/BlogForBanjo1

• banjo #1 - 688 days ago | 3 comments

  i wanted a banjo but i don’t have any money. i started with a tree and will hopefully have...