Mandolins in progress

[Bill Snyder]

D18dave it looks good to me.

[D18dave]

Thanks for the kind words of encouragement. It really has been a fun project and can't wait to hear how she sounds.

Still anxiously waiting for binding and tuners to arrive

[Mandolin]

Restoration Project numero uno. an Arabic mandolin I got at "The Talking Heads" in Seattle.

[Pete Counter]

Itching and scratching to see what that thing will end up looking like! I love two-points!

I hate two points...........wich means in a year or two, I'll be dying for one! Hard to believe, when I was a banjo player years ago, I couldnt stand the sound of mandolins. Now I cant stand the sound of banjos! weird. I love this thread BTW, Its a regular stop. JH is awesome!

[crazymandolinist]

I hate two points...........wich means in a year or two, I'll be dying for one! Hard to believe, when I was a banjo player years ago, I couldnt stand the sound of mandolins. Now I cant stand the sound of banjos! weird. I love this thread BTW, Its a regular stop. JH is awesome!

You must be an older version of me!

[Kent Barnes]

It's been quite a while, but I'm finally getting some time in the workshop. Here's Harlan #6 under construction (the fretboard is just stuck on with tape). I'm working on the binding now.

[ShaneJ]

Lookin' good, Kent.

[Stanley Cox]

Hey Kent, You should have gone to Argyle Fest. instead of time in the shop. Is that a different fern pattern? Anyhoo it is looking good. I am getting further behind.
Stanley

[Kent Barnes]

Stanley,
Yeah, I really wanted to go to Argyle, but I had my son's 13th birthday party Friday night, and I had an Eagle Scout court of honor for a boy in our Troop Satruday evening.
A bit off topic, but here's why I haven't had much "mandolin" time for the past few months. My 17 year old wrecked his 1990 Camaro IROC back in November - he was car # 3 of a 5-car accident. He only had liability insurance, so we decided to fix it ourselves. Pretty much everything from the engine forward had to be replaced, and it's getting hard to find parts for these cars.

[Tracy Ballinger]

A bit off topic, but here's why I haven't had much "mandolin" time for the past few months. My 17 year old wrecked his 1990 Camaro IROC back in November - he was car # 3 of a 5-car accident. He only had liability insurance, so we decided to fix it ourselves.

OHMYGOODNESS! What a blessing that he's still with you!

[Kent Barnes]

No kidding. The good Lord was definitely watching over him and the 2 other boys in the car, and the girl in Saturn that was under his car. Everyone walked away without a scratch.
Just one of those situations where traffic just STOPS with no warning.

Just a couple more pictures -- the first is during the repair in my garage, and the second was bringing it home after my brother painted it. He's happy to have his car back - it took us about 3 months!

[crazymandolinist]

That's a nice action shot! Glad everything worked out well.

[barry k]

one of the latest F's coming out of the shop in about 2 weeks or sooner.

[Bill Snyder]

Barry, you better beef up security at your shop. Someone has doodled some old man's likeness on the back of your mandolin.
Not to worry though. You can probably sand it back and no one will ever know it was there.

[barry k]

Hello Bill, That would be the lovely Miss Sabine......she was feeling creative, so did this charcoal rendering and I sprayed lacquer over it......I like the effect
She knows the security codes so.......but then we always have Harley, the rottweiler

[Skip Kelley]

Kent, Nice looking F5! I like your fretboard extension. Very tastefully done. That is great that your son and everyone else is okay! Thank the Lord for his protection!

Barry, that is one cool looking mandolin! I guess now, Gibson isn't the only one to do a Monroe model mandolin!!

[Magnus Geijer]

#6 and #7 in progress.

/Magnus

[Troy Harris]

Carving backs…

[Steevarino]

Oy Troy! That is one FINE looking scroll. Your perimeter cuts look so perfect, even before you start carving on the scroll. How do you do that...?

My shop is currently a Scroll Free Zone. Here are a few guys hanging around my shop that I will have to deal with this week. With a little luck, it could be a week for "completions".

[crazymandolinist]

That is some NICE work Troy! Really good big pictures too.

[Dan Voight]

Here a progress pic after a minor set back: I TOTALED MY NEW CAR! And it is also red like the one above, with basic insurance.

Its a good thing I didnt take my mandolin to school that day be cause I usually set it in the passenger seat. Any mandolin (or person) in the passenger seat would have been obliterated in the collision.

[Skip Kelley]

Dan, Thank the Lord you are safe! That car looks horrible!

[Chris Biorkman]

Wow, are you sure it's totalled? Looks like you got lucky. Pretty gnarly.

[Steve-o]

Here a progress pic after a minor set back: I TOTALED MY NEW CAR! And it is also red like the one above, with basic insurance.

Its a good thing I didnt take my mandolin to school that day be cause I usually set it in the passenger seat. Any mandolin (or person) in the passenger seat would have been obliterated in the collision.

Dan - OMG! You are lucky to have survived. Any broken bones? And all you can say is "good thing I didn't have my mandolin" ?? (and you can build them)... Where else would you read that but on the cafe. Hope you are well and heal up.

[amowry]

Here's an F4 hybrid I'm working on.