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May-10-2013, 6:03pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Can anyone help identify this mandolin? Thanks! in Looking for information about mandolins

There is quite a difference between those 1920s Stromberg Voisinet mandolins and the KayKraft, then Kay mandolins from the late 20s onwards. The one...

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May-09-2013, 7:10pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Mount Washington Mandolin Company in Looking for information about mandolins

Mike Holmes mugwumps.com site has a pretty comprehensive listing of American instrument makers from the Civil War up to 1940, and the Mount...

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May-08-2013, 5:10pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Spool clamps in Builders and Repair

I just cut them out and thread them on to 1/4" bolts of the appropriate length. Not real easy to get anything to stick to polyethylene anyway. I...

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May-08-2013, 4:46pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Spool clamps in Builders and Repair

An alternative to wooden dowel is 1/4" thick polyethylene cutting boards, cutting out whatever sized discs with a hole cutting blade in the drill...

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May-07-2013, 5:54pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread A cup of tea and a chat with Steve Gilchrist in Builders and Repair

Barbaric jargon!!??!! Hurumph, grumble, grumble... :grin:

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May-06-2013, 5:53pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread First Mandolin Build questions in Builders and Repair

If you are going with the Gibson shape, I would suggest using the arched longitudinal braces (which is more or less what Gibson used original on the...

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May-05-2013, 5:50pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread First Mandolin Build questions in Builders and Repair

It perfectly OK. I just couldn't resist the temptation :)

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May-05-2013, 5:18pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread First Mandolin Build questions in Builders and Repair

Sob...:(

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Apr-27-2013, 6:25pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Can anyone tell me how to find this mandolute? in Post a picture of your mandolin

They are quite common in France (as well as Algeria) and were/are made there, probably more than in Algeria I think. Essentially a mandocello -...

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Apr-23-2013, 4:44pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Getting A Good Lacquer Finish in Builders and Repair

It should be remembered that we are pretty restricted in the lacquer we can buy out here on the far side of the world. There are only a couple of...

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Apr-22-2013, 11:20pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Getting A Good Lacquer Finish in Builders and Repair

There you go, four people who spray lacquer, four opinions :) I just noticed a typo in my previous post. I spray three coats half an hour apart...

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Apr-22-2013, 10:48pm

Graham McDonald replied to a thread Getting A Good Lacquer Finish in Builders and Repair

Depends on whether you want to have a coloured/stained finish or just a clear lacquer. In either case lots of sanding to get all the scratches out....

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