Yes, and even the bridge is amaranth!
I just used standard alcohol-based varnish. Tbh I when I started this build, I didn't even realise it would do that. ๐
Those are standard (albeit fancy) "french eye" tuning pegs from Thomann Germany. The endpin is in the same style. Maybe for the next instrument I will try to make them myself.
I wish. Lutes are an entirely different beast. Definitely on my bucket list, though.
Have you adjusted the speed settings according to what the manufacturer says? LW-PLA can only be printed at a very low speed or else it clogs. It also needs constant speed. For example for colorfabb LW-PLA, I had to set all speeds to 40mm/s.
So far I just use a baroque bow. I work on a cherry bow from time to time, but it's quite difficult.
And here is a Quick vocaroo where I play a few notes on each string.
That's probably because they're closely related. Every region in Europe has their own variation of a small, pear-shaped, three-stringed instrument. There's the Russian gudok, Bulgarian gadulka, Spanish rabel, and so on...
I think the masked-off area is easy to spot:
The body got an alcohol-varnish and the fingerboard is oiled. Worked pretty well.
I posted the full build here: https://lemmy.world/post/19796054
Some more pictures:
Most parts are cnc-carved. The body is usually carved from a single block of wood, but for my cnc, I split it into three parts, including a decorative strip of amaranth.
Vibrating string length 29.5cm (3/4 violin). Strings are Aquila F-Red superior tension, G-D-A.
Materials used: maple, spruce, amaranth, ebony.
Some build pics:
AI generated Spam.
I'm now doing the hide glue method. I did a test piece and oil doesn't seem to penetrate the hide glue at all.
Just a test for my new CNC machine. I got the file from here: Scantheworld and turned it into a relief using ZBrush and Photoshop. The wood I used is cherry and the sice of the carving is roughly 60x50mm.
The german language has two words for "owl": "Eule" and "Kauz". I'm a native speaker, but I had to look up what the difference is (Wikipedia/Deepl):
"Eule" means "owl".
"Kauz" also means owl, but specifically the small, fat and grumpy looking kind:
That's literally it, it has nothing to do with biology. So the correct translation would be "grumpy-looking goshawk owl". ๐