Post a Picture of your Shop

**Keith Newell** · May-01-2004, 9:54pm

Another

**Keith Newell** · May-01-2004, 9:56pm

Last of 4 pictures.

**Kent Barnes** · Jun-29-2004, 8:47pm

All these pictures of these nice shops just makes me sick!

Here's where I have to work.

**WireBoy** · Jun-30-2004, 2:01am

KB,thanks for keeping the thread alive

**Jim Hilburn** · Jun-30-2004, 6:59am

Hey, Kent, that makes me respect what your doing even more.
I got to check out KayBee's #1 at the Arlington Guitar show last year, and he did a great job, and to top it off, it sounded huge! A killer mandolin.

**Bill James** · Jun-30-2004, 9:00am

Hey mandolinkgn, is that a Gerstner?

**mandough** · Jun-30-2004, 1:44pm

Exactly what kind of sandwich was on that paper plate?

**Kent Barnes** · Jun-30-2004, 2:20pm

That was a nice mixture of black epoxy (doing the inlay on the peg head)!!

**Keith Newell** · Jun-30-2004, 6:29pm

Hey Bill. Yes it's a Gerstner. A WALNUT one not oak. I bought it new in for $383. The factory burned down or something a bit after that and I feel the boxes they made after that were never the same quality.
Keith Newell
http://www.newellmandolins.com

**Bill James** · Jul-01-2004, 6:40am

Sweet, I love Gerstners. I've also got a Walnut with the riser box that I purchased new in 1983. Can't remember the cost but at the time I was single so it didn't matter.

I like your shop.

**Rob Powell** · Jul-01-2004, 9:40am

Hey Kent...

You've actually got more space than I do at the moment (sad but true) and it just goes to show you that having the space and all the fancy gadgets doesn't make the mando!

That's not to say that those who do aren't doing great work just that it isn't necessary to the final product.

My only question is: Does 10-30 produce a better tone than 10-40?

Rob

**Damnation Gulch** · Jul-04-2004, 8:59am

Everyone of you has a sweet shop, some VERY nice works in progress too!

**Rob Grant** · Jul-23-2004, 8:27am

The bars are to keep me in... hee, hee, hee.

**grandmainger** · Jul-23-2004, 8:30am

Rob,

That's a GORGEOUS back over there on the left! #What wood is it?

**keithd** · Jul-23-2004, 10:13am

Rob,

Great looking mandolin; could you say something about the bracing?

Thanks,

Keith

**keithd** · Jul-23-2004, 10:15am

Also, it seems like you've minimized the size of the scroll-area blocking, no? I'm not not a builder, just curious.

Keith

**Tim Saxton** · Jul-23-2004, 3:18pm

Rob,

The "TP" has me confused.

Tim

**Jim Hilburn** · Jul-23-2004, 3:50pm

It appears to be a hybrid X-tonebar. You can run it on gas or batteries.

**keithd** · Jul-23-2004, 4:54pm

Yeah, I've heard this referred to as "K" bracing. I think it's what Rigel uses, at least on some of their mandos...? Do other makers use this configuration? I'm curious if anyone could chime in on what it's properties are, like what having the tone bar on the treble side vs. the base side delivers....

Thanks,

Keith

**Magnus Geijer** · Jul-23-2004, 8:35pm

Had to move due to the wife getting a new job. Here's my mando-work area now. Progress seems slower than before the move, somehow.

/Magnus

**Rob Grant** · Jul-23-2004, 10:49pm

Jeeeze... didn't expect so much "action" from posting a pix of me humble work space!!!

The timber back shown is a rather "flash" bit of what's #called (North Queensland, Australia) "Queensland maple" or Flindersia brayleyana. This was cut locally from the butt of an old scrub (rainforest) tree. By the way, this is not a true maple or Acer. The early settlers gave names to the local timbers based on how they resembled woods in 'mudder England.

The bracing is an experiment. I've played around with tone bars without great success. X-bracing works for me, but I thought I might try combining the two. Still have to finish this sucker, but the tap tone sounds interesting. I'll try to post the results when it's finished. I'm not binding the back... just in case!<g>

Trying to make a real light mando (for a change) so I've cut out the excess where possible... hence the headblock.

By "T.P." Tim, I guess you're referring to the instrument tailpiece and not the Manray photo in the backround?<g>
The normal tail block is in position. I fabricate my own tailpieces from sheet stainless steel. The only thing I don't make are the tuners and strings. Poor dollar exchange rates are the "mother of invention and creation" around here.

Thanks for all the interest.

Rob, FarOutNorthQueensland,Oz.

**Jim Hilburn** · Jul-24-2004, 9:01am

I think he's referring to the toilet paper roller.

**Rob Grant** · Jul-24-2004, 4:12pm

Oh, that T.P....

1.)Quick, cheap way to wipe a bit of glue off the work when one hand is occupied holding down the project.

2.)Handy for blowing the wood dust out of your nose or wiping a watery eye from the same. (we've got some soft "dunny roll" here!<g&gt

3.)Useful when things are going wrong and the project is really giving me the s....! <G>