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    Re: Thickness sanding

    Hello, Thanks for your comments.

    I will get the tonewood thickness sanded.

    I was worried that thickness sanding the belly and back of my flat backed octave mandolin, rather than planing them...
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    Thickness sanding

    Hello,

    Just a quick question.

    Does thickness sanding your tonewood effect the tone of the mandolin?

    My options are:

    Thickness my boards my hand - hand plane.
  3. Thread: Sycamore

    by rustick
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    Re: Sycamore

    Hi

    Thanks Big Smiley Guy,Bill and Paul.

    All this information is very interesting. I dont know why Euro Sycamore isnt just called Euro Maple, it is all very confusing.

    Quote from Wiki:The...
  4. Thread: Sycamore

    by rustick
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    Re: Sycamore

    Hi

    That's for the replys.

    I didn't know that sycamore was from the maple family.

    I did some research and there is about 144 species.

    Acer pseudoplatanus, the sycamore of Britain and...
  5. Thread: Sycamore

    by rustick
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    Sycamore

    Hello all,


    I have a really nice ripple sycamore board that Im using for a octave mandolin, I will have a little left over and was thinking of using it for a uke. I don't have any soundboard and...
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    Handmade tools.

    Hi, I was wondering if any members would like to share pictures or information about tools that they have made themselves. Such as clamps, presses, fretting tools, fret saw guides, anything really....
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    Re: Oak as a tonewood?

    Hello,

    Thanks everyone for your comments, I get the impression that Oak as a tonewood is a bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it. Some excellent information and pictures, I had no idea...
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    Oak as a tonewood?

    Hello,

    Thanks for the replies to my "can anyone direct me to a good sawmill in the UK?".

    I googled all the sawmills in Wales and have started phoning around for quarter sawn timber.

    Most so...
  9. Could anyone direct me to a good timber suppier in the UK?

    Hello,

    I’m new to building mandolins or any instrument for that matter, I currently starting a octave mandolin project.

    I live in Wales in the United Kingdom.

    Could anyone direct me to a...
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