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Richard500 replied to a thread Bar frets in Builders and Repair

Sometimes when you have those six, thousand-foot coils of brass in the back room from 1922, you’re gonna keep using them. What I don’t get is who...

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Feb-28-2021, 10:51pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Finish delaminating National RM-1 in Builders and Repair

Dan, you didn’t do it! Adhesion is a complicated subject, but the problem started at the factory almost certainly. Many potential causes, like...

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Feb-28-2021, 10:00pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Flat tops, break angle and action height in Builders and Repair

John, not unstable, and good contact, but can be pushed out of position easily. It’s maybe 3/8” high. If I lower the action it would need to be...

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Feb-28-2021, 9:01pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Flat tops, break angle and action height in Builders and Repair

I like the extended tailpiece idea. It would have to be mechanically fairly strong to take the torque upwards, but that’s doable. Or even just an...

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Feb-28-2021, 1:44pm

Richard500 started a thread Flat tops, break angle and action height in Builders and Repair

My recent Mexican flat top A, no great wonder of an instrument, but good tweaking material, has a tiny bridge, like a bowl back, a fretboard attached...

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Feb-28-2021, 1:04pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Bar frets in Builders and Repair

Pork? That’s much older than mandolins, I’m told.

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Feb-28-2021, 10:41am

Richard500 replied to a thread Do You Have Too Many Instruments? in Videos, Pictures & Sound Files

Museum curators generally can’t paint or sculpt either. First, you start collecting all the interesting kinds of Pez dispenser, next thing you own...

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Feb-28-2021, 10:20am

Richard500 replied to a thread Bar frets in Builders and Repair

Check out the blog at hazeguitars.com, which tells all - or probably all. Obviously a lot more work, more skill, and more danger to the instrument...

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Feb-27-2021, 9:59am

Richard500 replied to a thread Question about CA glue in Builders and Repair

About 2AM, this got me thinking, which is a bad thing. If the OP has some electronic background, the piezo could be connected up and driven,...

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Feb-27-2021, 9:44am

Richard500 replied to a thread Olive wood for mandolin body? in Builders and Repair

Olive wood is gorgeous, even without finish, but: The trees are cut when they start bearing less, so though there are a lot of them, the lumber is...

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Feb-26-2021, 2:17pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Question about CA glue in Builders and Repair

You could glue a pearl disk on it and call it a beauty mark. Howsomoever, most common CA loses strength below 200F, so a carefully controllled...

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Feb-24-2021, 4:46pm

Richard500 replied to a thread This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

If you click on his other ads, the spelling is almost consistent, as is the degree of primitive. Somehow, I think that this person does not deserve...

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Feb-23-2021, 10:01am

Richard500 replied to a thread how to rip binding strips from celluloid sheet stock in Builders and Repair

I suggested (metal working) shears because that’s what I have, and have used on plastics, wood, other stuff. In particular, a fairly standard...

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Feb-23-2021, 9:48am

Richard500 replied to a thread Is the position of the braces on a mandolin important? in Builders and Repair

Mousing around on the net last week I found a pair of tourist-grade lutes or maybe ouds that were similar, but one had the top grain perpendicular to...

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Feb-22-2021, 9:14pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Small hands and neck width - instruments that fit/don't in Equipment

But if you do pick up an Acme, and hear a nearby ‘beep beep’, drop it and run.

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Feb-21-2021, 7:32pm

Richard500 replied to a thread 12 string banjolin in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

The top of the headstock is possibly an identifier. The only other photo shows the backside, but is invisible. Total length is definitely mandolin....

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Feb-21-2021, 4:42pm

Richard500 started a thread 12 string banjolin in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

This rare item just sold in Goodwill, for $239. Having an 8 string one tells me that a 12 would be pretty much a nightmare. I’m wising up by not...

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Feb-20-2021, 5:51pm

Richard500 replied to a thread how to rip binding strips from celluloid sheet stock in Builders and Repair

I’m a particularly slipshod worker in general, and have made the bandsaw (cut wood then ferrous metal) mistake many times without ignition, but I...

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Feb-20-2021, 4:54pm

Richard500 replied to a thread how to rip binding strips from celluloid sheet stock in Builders and Repair

Dave, real celluloid? If so, be careful with a saw as it can ignite. Frank Ford cuts (thinner) stock by either scribing and breaking, or scissors....

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Feb-20-2021, 4:02pm

Richard500 replied to a thread This weeks mandolin that won't get a bid or buyer in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

When I see prices that are way over what they should be, it makes me wonder if it’s some kind of money laundering scheme. You sell to yourself, pay...

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Feb-19-2021, 11:10am

Richard500 replied to a thread An honest-to-goodness VULCAN HARP! in eBay, Craig's List, etc.

Sold for $147 plus the usually exaggerated postage. Knowing the world of academe, I imagine that someone has or will build a doctoral thesis on...

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Feb-19-2021, 10:22am

Richard500 replied to a thread Post a picture of what's on your bench? in Builders and Repair

Know this thread has wandered a bit, but the mention of silicone pads reminds me of a customer, Birk Manufacturing, East Lyme CT, who rented a small...

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Feb-19-2021, 9:58am

Richard500 replied to a thread Earthwood Mandola Repair in Builders and Repair

Just a guess, but from the size of the hand in the photo, the object could be mandolin sized, and also not very deep. That bridge must be bolted to...

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Feb-17-2021, 8:44am

Richard500 replied to a thread A medieval citole in Builders and Repair

Nice to see your work in the Wikipedia article on this recreation. Looks like proof that brave sailors from Genoa, ca 1300, made it to the Sandwich...

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Feb-16-2021, 1:17pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Quality tuners for F style - opinions welcome in Builders and Repair

@TMSweeney. I’m sure that if you have been reading this forum that the other reasons for difficult or sticky tuners have been explained, and...

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Feb-13-2021, 1:57pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Vintage Case Handles in Builders and Repair

Re. Pops 1, bending D rings. Yes and no. These are not put in their cover by bending, but are nearly complete “rings” in most cases. That means you...

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Feb-12-2021, 5:08pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Vintage Case Handles in Builders and Repair

Tell ya what not to do: classical black ‘friction’ tape, black vinyl electrical tape, most duck/duct tapes. Goo, and unwinding. If there are any...

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Feb-12-2021, 10:30am

Richard500 replied to a thread In need of repair: Peter White mandolin in Builders and Repair

I do have sympathy, but the quoted instruction from the builder in the first post, and what the builders here mentioned, pretty much tells the tale. ...

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Feb-11-2021, 5:50pm

Richard500 replied to a thread Truss rods in Builders and Repair

Offhand, I can’t see why the nut end of a truss rod can’t be at the other end, especially in instruments with an oval sound hole for access. Then...

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Feb-11-2021, 5:26pm

Richard500 replied to a thread speaking of Conch shells in General Mandolin Discussions

Fortunately, there’s been enough study about cave-tech so that those who dig are sensitive to tools and technology, with flint point knapping...

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