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Yeah, so this is in fact a variation of chip carving, but scroll sawing comes first. It's a multi-step process, but the carving gets it catching that light like I like it. The bridge is a composite...

Hello everyone,

Feeling nostalgic today for the old pre-social-media days. Here is a new Flat-back German model just completed. Hope the attachments come through alright. I have also posted this...

34 figured maple staves plus 2 large side ribs in cherry, for a Roman mandolin, just off the form.

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A new Roman mandolin getting started. Stained glass finial.

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I believe that value might be $2500? Or in the vicinity.

Thanks Peter. If anyone else wants a way around pearl, stained glass has a nice understated quality to it. I got a custom diamond core water drill made for me in California and it works great.

Hi all,

I had been having success until now shipping from outside the US to the US via UPS Air, without filing the Lacey ("Plant and Plant Product Declaration Form") forms, for years -- they...

A new Baroque mandolino started recently.

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Installed...

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A pleasure, I'll try to post more often, cheers guys. I aim for .003"/.08mm in my lining strips. Not too thick, just flexible enough.

Getting ready to add some support to a couple bowl interiors, with some freshly planed strips of Carpathian spruce.

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My poor sealing (heating) iron gave out and required major surgery. But I got this far, and the iron's been fixed, for I think the 5th time in maybe 7 years. A new one is on its way. The sealing iron...

Thanks very much, David and John, I appreciate the kind words. The Roman is one of my favorite mandolins, aesthetically. Here is a photo of a back which is one of my favorite views.

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And...

Hi all, long time no see. I hope everyone's well. Things in the Labraid shop have been going well. The last 5 years have been heavy duty with constant improvements to designs, as well as trying to...

Thanks Bill, more like an investigator though. I didn't invent any of these methods, just found through trial and error how they worked best for me. I remember in the beginning wondering if the...

Thank you, here is a photo of the spruce shavings in place for you Bernie:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/l4braid/10712213926

Spruce fibers (cells) can be one inch long, which is why softwoods...

Anyone interested in the process of bowlback building may visit my Flickr page for some insights in how they are built.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/l4braid/

Regarding projection, If you play a...

Hello all,

Here is a new Roman mandolin I am in the process of completing.

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Best wishes,

Brian

The finished peghead for a Lyon and Healy mandolin.

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A mandolin just off the form. This one's being built for Chris Acquavella.

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Haha, "face"!

Beautiful inlay, Jim. That's all handcut and assembled! Which is saying something in this day and age. Precision workmanship.

Jake, the form you see is indeed a new instrument. It...

Thanks Bill! Got the papers to prove it. :)

Here's another that's just gotten underway.. They start out rough....

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Mandolin in Progress:

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Bud the Spud, from the Bright Red Mud:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAotMU8BmZI

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Awesome work, Andrew.

Thanks much, Mick.

Elegant twists there, Steve. Ah, and some ebonized curly maple I see there too, nice.