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LMI sells Shallers. They had the gold plated tuners on sale, not sure if they still are. I bought 2 sets on sale, and it my hand, they are super smooth. I look forward to install them on my next...

You can ask Roger not to do the final shaping and it would probably work. I asked him to leave the "tabs" on that he uses to hold the top during machining, and it came to me about a 1/4" larger all...

The stew Mac A-style plan has an alternative layout for x-bracing and an oval hole. You could use the same layout on a f-style. The key is the x-brace with the oval hole for structural reasons you...

I use a Dust-Be-Gone mask, that I got from woodcraft. It is like a cloth surgical mask with a metal nose "pincher" that makes it adjustable and causes the least fogging that I have ever used. It...

I too have been a customer since the mid 80's. I just last week ordered 4 CDs and 1 DVD online. Ordered on Friday 12/10, shipped on Wednesday 12/15, in my hands Monday 12/20. I really like them - the...

It is on www.mandozine.com, under the practice tune section, then tabledit files. You will need a Tabledit viewer, which is free and can be downloaded from www.tabledit.com.

You can also buy...

I use a reproduction of a stanley 100-1/2 hollowing palm plane. 3 1/2" long with a 7/8" wide blade. It works so well I never use a gouge, except for carving the scroll. A local luthier turned me on...

I own several plans for oval hole mandos and have studied them quite a bit. They all seem a bit different, but also have some common features:

The plans I've studied:

F-4 set from Roger...