Final versions for sale through my website: https://topoarts.com/violins-out-of-olive-wood/ By Dennis Van Hoof, from Top o' Arts (topoarts.com). This video shows the process of building a violin out of olive wood and spring green-colored epoxy resin using the Shapeoko XXL CNC router and other modern as well as traditional wood working techniques. Software used: - Meshmixer to create the 3D violin model - Vectric VCarve to generate the tool paths - UGS Platform to send the Gcode to the CNC Materials used: - Olive wood (Etsy store: "OliveWoodSupply" in Turkey) - Ebony fingerboard, nut, and tail gut saddle blanks hardware blanks (StewMac) - Strings and Supreme Tamarind Violin Fittings Set with Ebony Trim (Fiddlershop) - 3/4 inch HDPE for the mold panels ("Small Parts" Amazon) - Crystal Clear and Floral epoxy resin (from the Epoxy Resin Store) - Pearl Ex Spring Green Mica powder - 1 inch surfacing bit: Whiteside #6210 - 1/4 end mill: Amana Tool #46577-K - 1/8 end mill: Amana Tool #46299 - 1/4 down-cut bit: Whiteside #RD2100 - Straight 1/4 ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46294 - Straight 1/8 ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46295 - Conical 1/16 ball nose bit: Amana Tool #46281 Referenced video of the Lock & Key technique for 4-sided CNC: "Lock & Key technique for 4-sided CNC - Carving a Greek column" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfcQBFt0ZSA