Making My First Violin - Part 1

I've been wanting to try violinmaking for about 25 years now, and decided to get over my fears and stop waiting. For the longest time I thought I was insane for even wanting to try, especially since my life situation precludes me from moving across the country to attend a multiyear school. With the sheer amount of knowledge, history, subtlety and sophistication there is in the field of violinmaking, I feared that without the years of traditional training, I could just as soon become an amateur brain surgeon. But being terrible at something is the first step at being good at something, so here I go.

About the "Messiah" Stradivarius: https://www.ashmolean.org/messiah-vio...
Templates from http://www.makingtheviolin.com/