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My wife learned to play the violin.
i couldn't carry a tune if it had a handle.
I was playing around with metal drops and developed what i call, a junk fiddle,
as a gift for the wife who never asks for anything.
it only took about 4 hours to make but had its share of frustrating complications
its constructed from a piece of rusty pipe, 2 drops of copper sheet, cut steel nails, brazing rods for the strings,
bent metal and nickle chrome seal wire to simulate a bow
have a look if you have interest!
and a shot of the violin hanging on the wall
![IMG_4277.jpg IMG_4277.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/296/296521-f47dcbe6885a5c705e753d673d50b52c.jpg)
thanks for looking!
i couldn't carry a tune if it had a handle.
I was playing around with metal drops and developed what i call, a junk fiddle,
as a gift for the wife who never asks for anything.
it only took about 4 hours to make but had its share of frustrating complications
its constructed from a piece of rusty pipe, 2 drops of copper sheet, cut steel nails, brazing rods for the strings,
bent metal and nickle chrome seal wire to simulate a bow
have a look if you have interest!
![IMG_4273.jpg IMG_4273.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/296/296517-d3832316faa59ca2490c5abb3c7a71c2.jpg)
![IMG_4274.jpg IMG_4274.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/296/296518-5b5a91902228691ee9a63f2a8858d09b.jpg)
![IMG_4275.jpg IMG_4275.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/296/296519-61cda8cbe7c5acbedd06bcace3d26fbe.jpg)
![IMG_4276.jpg IMG_4276.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/296/296520-5f7650b04342f902690d66ab0d99bbd6.jpg)
and a shot of the violin hanging on the wall
![IMG_4277.jpg IMG_4277.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/296/296521-f47dcbe6885a5c705e753d673d50b52c.jpg)
thanks for looking!