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    aaargh ... color me green ...

    aaargh ... color me green ...
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    Actually, I'm awfully fond of oval soundholes -...

    Actually, I'm awfully fond of oval soundholes - can't wait to see it taking shape. Keep posting as you go ...
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    You know, a wormhole in a mandolin, you could be...

    You know, a wormhole in a mandolin, you could be sending music across the universe -- the John Creighton of the mando world!! Bringing old-timey to distant civilizations in far-off galaxies. Don't...
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    Hey guys, check out Harbor Freight #08826-2czb...

    Hey guys,
    check out Harbor Freight #08826-2czb
    22 small (1", 1-3/8" asst.) plastic spring clamps @$3.99
    almost as cheap as clothespins
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    Great opportunity to join the oval hole club ......

    Great opportunity to join the oval hole club ...
    that worm may have been sent for a reason, you know.
  6. Thread: My first F4

    by wtaylor
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    I just bought it, it is beautiful, well-written,...

    I just bought it, it is beautiful, well-written, gorgeous instruments. Will need to sit on the coffee table for a while as I've just started a mando, but my next project is brewing already ...
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    I've hacked away at my plans a bit more - hacked...

    I've hacked away at my plans a bit more - hacked off the scroll & just left a point at the curve where the scroll would turn, then moved up the lower point inspired by a gorgious Lawrence Smart model...
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    It appears obvious, that without informing...

    It appears obvious, that without informing anyone, Bill has moved from New Mexico to Australia ...
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    Not sure from your description exactly what...

    Not sure from your description exactly what you're looking for - but how is this:

    http://www.luth.org/plans/pl03.jpg

    from http://www.luth.org/
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    So the real question is, how's it sound?

    So the real question is, how's it sound?
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    Thanks!

    Thanks!
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    Sure enuff! Downloaded it, thanks for the tip....

    Sure enuff!
    Downloaded it, thanks for the tip.
    Also a nice flat-top octave mandolin there, I downloaded for my son, who has huge hands and plays an octave as if it were a standard mando.
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    The area of an elipse is (refer to diagram...

    The area of an elipse is (refer to diagram below):

    pi*radius1*radius2

    or

    pi*(axis1*axis2)/4

    - so for an elipse to have the same area as a known circle, you need to product of its 2 radii...
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    I don't find these on this site either - I do...

    I don't find these on this site either -
    I do know that on the site of the Guild of American Lutheriers (http://www.luth.org/), there are two sets of Mando plans:

    Plan #15 Modified F-3 Mandolin...
  15. Thread: Monroe's Loar

    by wtaylor
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    Here's a pic of when he got so ticked, he plugged...

    Here's a pic of when he got so ticked, he plugged up the F-holes (gum & chewing tobacco, I'm told) & converted it to an F4. #X-braced. A little-known fact.
    ;^)
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    That's your's huh Gavin? Damn, it's beautiful.

    That's your's huh Gavin?
    Damn, it's beautiful.
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    Ah - looks like he compromised - joined at the...

    Ah - looks like he compromised - joined at the 14th fret!(traditional F4 at 12th, F5 at 15th) - which for the same scale length, moves the bridge down about 3/4 inch from the position demanded by a...
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    Rob, can you tell me about your design? Did you...

    Rob,
    can you tell me about your design? Did you join the neck at fret 15 & so run into this?
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    Look in the "Post a Picture of your Mandolin"...

    Look in the "Post a Picture of your Mandolin" forum, for the thread on Headstock Pictures. Lots of great close-ups there.
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    Yeah, all those pics of him actually had the...

    Yeah, all those pics of him actually had the f-holes photoshopped in ... http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

    In case this ever is interesting to anyone else, I've...
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    Here's the kind of thing I had in mind - (sorry...

    Here's the kind of thing I had in mind - (sorry about the brutal surgery to this gorgeous old instrument ...)

    Dave, I see your point re the bridge position - the F4's have the bridge down about...
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    Am wondering if anyone can direct me to plans for...

    Am wondering if anyone can direct me to plans for F4(-ish) mandos? [oval soundhole, preferably 2-point]
    I have Robert Steineger's F3 plansheet (from www.luth.org), and have found the Simonoff plans...
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    You mentioned you're using handtools. Don't know...

    You mentioned you're using handtools. Don't know if you're already trying this, but one thing that can't hurt is to clamp a thick scrap block onto your pc and use it as a fence...

    Will this work...
  24. Thread: Plans?

    by wtaylor
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    Troughton's book looks quite good. There are...

    Troughton's book looks quite good. There are scaled plans for one each flat-top mandolin, mandola and octave mandolin, with detailed measurements and construction details. Overall shape similar to...
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