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This happened last night at the Station Inn:

https://youtu.be/11Bz17d2SU8

I believe this is the mandolin presented to Doyle:...

[QUOTE=Jimmy Kittle;1830256]Went to Michigan for my step dad to accept the award for the hall of honor, I saw your name on the big plaque....

And let's not forget that John Hamlett (Sunburst) is on here all the time offering invaluable building advice, Graham McDonald likewise frequently checks in, and Mike Black is here now and again. ...

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If anyone is looking for a set of plans to build with or add to their collection feel free to download these.

F-5 Plans were drawn from studying/measuring 9 Loar mandolins over the years. Mainly...

Jimmy, I remember those necks showing up on Ebay. I always thought the joint extension looks odd on those. Nice build/tribute for your late son.

OK, the video.
In my early mandolins, I was using Roger Siminoff's book as a guide (much like the majority of builders these days). Like many others, I labored and agonized over the whole plate...

I’m calling first dibs on this one...
“Slim Brisket and the Smokey Mountain Cookers”! Now that’s a seriously funny Bluegrass band name! I might have to steal it!.
“We only play music from the WSM...

Hello all. I know this is an old thread, but to anyone that is still wondering, there IS a "Larry Rice" mandolin. I purchased it several years ago from a friend of the Rice family through Mandolin...

It’s yellow cedar, probably cracked halfway towards the centre. This was used on the west coast for carving totem poles. It is softer than red cedar.

My Silverangel has braces from an old cedar telegraph pole...the smell makes that my favorite mandolin case to open up :)

Hope it turns out to be good for you!

One of my nephews milled some poles like them. Made a very large, beautiful, trestle table out of them.

Had a friend/customer bring me a power pole he replaced while working for a local power company.. Hs said poles used back in the 20s weren't treated.. He had them milled into 1 1/2inch slabs and was...

I picked up a new travel case for my Derrington today at the Northfield shop in Marshal Michigan. It is the new Airloom Recurve in Slate Grey. Adrain and Derek are awesome, this case is very well...

My Dad used to label scraps of wood “TOOL”! Most of the time it was only for the duration of the project at hand but, I have moved three times and he’s been gone over 20 years, I just found one in...

A couple of other things forgotten,
1-A “moaning chair” (anyone who has read “Boatbuilding” by Howard I. Chappelle knows), some kind of seat (even an overturned bucket) that gives full view of the...

Always sweep the floor before you start cutting inlays.

Understand that mistakes are an inevitability. The art of luthiery is learning how to deal with those mistakes. Take your time and enjoy the learning process.

Budget a ton of money for tools you didn't even think you'd need.

When you have enough clamps, buy more.

Andrew -- YES ! ! !

When you do remember to not forget something, write a note to your future-self and stick it on the part.

I now leave myself notes on backs to remember to glue on the...

It helps if your mechanical pencils are bright orange. I had two orange ones for several uears that I loved, but eventually I lost them...


This is a great list. I will say that you don’t have to...

Marital capital is best spent on a payment plan, spread out the work and tool acquisitions accordingly.

Just because they call it "Finishing" doesn't mean you are even close to being finished.

I, too, waste a lot of time walking between my work area and the room where the pencils are!