Off to the US next month for the Guild of American Luthiers convention in Tacoma WA. I will have a couple of new mandolins with me. The latest of the King Billy and Huon Pine oval hole mandolins, and...
Off to the US next month for the Guild of American Luthiers convention in Tacoma WA. I will have a couple of new mandolins with me. The latest of the King Billy and Huon Pine oval hole mandolins, and...
Hey everybody,
If you had to guess the wood species from the sound (you don't), what would you guess?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qhld5svawhu5fj/tap%20test.mp3?dl=0
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Today -- Big Dog Barks!
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When the plate is done it doesn't know what method was used to carve it. We can't look at it and see what method was used to carve it, we can't listen to it and hear what method was used to carve...
Hot Stuff is the only brand of CA/accel that does this for me. Is that the brand you used? I've used pretty much all the brands and this just screams "hot stuff" to me.
BTW CA's mechanical...
Thanks for the replies and suggestions. A bit of patience and elbow grease has gone a long way. They're not perfect but definitely looking better. I'm pretty happy with the results and think I'll...
I've done something like that a couple of times, once on a restoration, once to correct a rosette "screw-up". I started to suggest it, but then I looked at the picture and saw how much color there is...
Another batch of Muleskinner mandolins out in the wild.
Videos and audio clips are coming soon!!!
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Some lacewood AKA London plane for the next build.
https://i.imgur.com/qaEYOum.jpg
A cherry and meranti body just finished.
https://i.imgur.com/iOFliqO.jpg...
Here is something different and the top wood has millions of trees planted in plantations so no problems with supply way into the future. Top is 3 piece Pinus radiata, back is some recycled...
Two things on my bench this week. Prototype for the new Haywood Travel Mandolin starting to come together. Plus, an old harmonium getting new reeds and air leak repair. Talk about tedious!
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Well last weekend I spent a fantastic couple of days at Marla Fibish's Irish Mandolin Winter Intensive (highly recommend it!) - aside from being an amazing learning experience, I also got to finally...
That's true -- and while that was also true 5 years ago when we were discussing this, it was a hassle to get acess. Now you just go to the site and download it.
Today, though, I would never...
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Some recently completed instruments. This mandolin has a western red cedar top, claro walnut back/sides/neck, ebony trim. Binding is curly maple and bocote. 13.88" scale...
Paul, I use a cutter which a machinist friend made for me which is based on a violin purfling cutter but a heavier build. It is adjusted to the required depth then drawn round the body of the...
Just a few things on the go.............
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Other than that all quiet!
Cheers Gary
Ziricote back on the test rig!
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...and sanding...
Another sanding report. The mandocello is sanded to 1500 grit and it's ready for me to see if I can buff through. Finger's crossed.
The floor is sanded to 100 grit and is nearly...
I've sprayed and sanded the little finish touch-up area enough to wait out the finish cure, and since my materials and technique seem to have raised some curiosity I managed to get a snap shot that...
Meanwhile, I'm about to finish sanding on my other current project so that I can retrieve my fresh air supply respirator to once again use in the finish room in the shop so that I can begin the...
...and sanding...
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(80 grit, whole thing.)
one of my Fantasma's.
Final checks for the Sorensen summer class of 2017.
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This has been a really interesting and challenging build-set because every instrument is different -- 5 mandolins of different...
Happy 14th anniversary to this thread...:mandosmiley:
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