Thread: Carving tiny pieces??

You can start with a cheap set of linoleum cutting tools, generally available in art supplies shops for less than $10, and disposable blade surgical/craft knives. For carvings of that size the robustness of the blade is not really an issue. The basic shape of those pegs was in all probability turned first, though.

Hi AndreaAmati,
Here in Melbourne, Australia, there is a Lady named Susan Wraight. Susan does Netsuke Carving. She is very innovative as she makes a lot of her own Tools.
There are some very fine sets to be bought, made by Pfiel, Dastra, Ashley Isles, & so on. They are not Cheap, however.
There are other Carvers on this Forum, that can most likely give more info than me.
Regards,
issatree.
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Hi AndreaAmati,

Might be worth checking a specifically Violin forum on this one. Google "Violin Forum" there are a couple out there. I know European Boxwood was used for pegs so Iss'a suggestion of Netsuke carving tools is a good one. Check out the "Carving Path" forum as there is a good tutorial on making gravers etc on there.

Beautiful instrument! do you know anything about it?

Let us know how you get on,

Have you tryed getting Tiny people with tiny tools to make tiny things for you ??

Originally Posted by Sebastiaan56

Hi AndreaAmati,

Might be worth checking a specifically Violin forum on this one. Google "Violin Forum" there are a couple out there. I know European Boxwood was used for pegs so Iss'a suggestion of Netsuke carving tools is a good one. Check out the "Carving Path" forum as there is a good tutorial on making gravers etc on there.

Beautiful instrument! do you know anything about it?

Let us know how you get on,

The one fittings are on a Antonio Amati 1588 owned by chimei the fittings were probably made by hill&sons in England .I was more interested to see what someones opinion would be on a non violin site regarding these

Maybe it's already obvious, but aside from the carving itself, the easiest way I've found to work on tiny objects is to leave the workpiece as large as possible until the final cutoff. Even without the turned pegs, a lathe is a good work-holding device, stationary and not running. I'd carve the heads first and work towards the base of the pegs.

Similar to these: https://www.woodworkforums.com/f8/bir...ocedure-57866/

You can expect some rejects, so make a few extra.

Cheers,
Joe