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Homemade stainless steel Bonmusica style violin shoulder rest.

submitted by Rotteuxx to Welding 2.7 yearsSep 6, 2021 17:22:51 ago (+14/-0)     (Welding)

Been looking at this model and was waiting on pay day to order one but then I figured fuck that shit, it's overpriced!

So I dug up some scraps of 20ga stainless and got to work.

The first thing I wanted to make were the clips holding on to the violin. I cut a rough pattern and found the required hardware, then I shaped them according to my scientific calculations. Followed by some silver brazing to assemble them.

After that I made the little 90° parts that connect them to the shoulder rest.

The next part was the main shoulder rest, started by tracing it out & drilling adjustment holes for the top part & then I bent one tip & soldered a nut to it, I finish that part by doing the same at the other end. Following that, I added the tab on which the foam will be glued.

Then I needed to do the curved part of the shoulder rest, the adjustable one. A strip of stainless with two bolts brazed onto it.

I assembled it to make sure everything fit together nicely before doing the foam padding. Toolbox drawer foam for the clips and the lining from a holesaw case I had laying around for the shoulder padding. Before trying it on I obviously gave it a quick polish & painted the areas that were hard to reach.

Did the final fitting and clamped it on, looks better than that 100$ german painted steel one imo.

Now time to adjust it practice for a bit.


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germ22 1 points 2.7 years ago

Side jobs. Getting paid in cash and learning how to build a house.