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I have a gas furnace but also use electric oil filled radiant heaters in the shop and other places when I'm there for extra heat.

The mandolin looks great Carls, you have done a great job on it. Good color match and color transition in the trouble areas. Repair can be a lot of fun and very rewarding as you have learned. Good...

John, Re: Rhino. When I first started getting into 3D with no background in it I came up with a copy of Mastercam from a friend and found it to be totaly daunting and unusable to me. I chose Rhino...

Ward, Jescar Enterprises sells the stuff Frank is using and I also use it, great stuff. Ph.845-352-5850

What type of mahogany is most appropriate for mandolin blocks? What is going to have the most long turm stability. South American (Honduras), or African. Philippine I know is junk.

Gavin and Chris,
I may stand corrected. That's the way I learned it but I can't take it to the bank. One atmosphere - 14.6956 psi which is calibrated as 0 psi at sea level.

In the world of vacuum one isn't looking at PSI. Vacuum is measured in Hg or inches of murcury, most of us are probably getting 20 to 25 Hg. 30" of murcury is 30 Hg or a perfect vacuum. The last 2...

I have been contemplating this 15th fret hump for a while because of my mandolins and the many old ones that I have had to get the hummp out of for playability. I have also been putting some relief...

They should have it down at your local auto paint store. It also helps to hit the tape a little with a heat gun in tight areas. Good stuff.

After the flowerpot suit a few years ago I had a phone conversation with the Gibson legal dept. and was told that they have no claim on the F style florentine mandolin shape or the fern inlay.

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This is my shop made pin router for the F holes. I picked an old router at a pawn shop real cheap. I have an aluminum template that I stick to the top with transfer tape and put the F holes on the...

Boy don't I know, I have repaired many black instruments over the years and there are many shades of black. Looks like StewMac still handles something similar to what you have.

Thanks Bill

Thanks for all of your thoughts, I guess I'll find some lamp black that I had initially thought about.

The stew Mac Liquid Stain "ColorTone" will mix with alcohol, shellac, waterbase or lacquer finishes. Epoxy is thinned with lacquer thinner so it should work. Has anyone tried it?
I didn't think...

Looking from the peghead down the neck your righty tighty is the way to go to reduce the action height. Use a straight edge on the frets and feeler guages so you know what your accomplishing. A...

I thank ya'll for your support if someone wants to see the Mandolin Mag. article it's here. Ahh yes someday Dale and I really need to meet face to face.
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I played a Wiens that I think may have been #013 a couple years ago and it was a great mandolin. Fantastic tone, play-ability and fit and finish. I have talked with Jamie many times and he is a great...

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I have used a few burnishers and still use the back side of a 1/2" chisel. I mostly use a scraper that I made from a plane iron which holds an edge, the very thin store bought scrapers loose their...

An evening to live for, congratulations. And how are the J75s on your MM?

Quite an interesting design, I like it.

The tuning problems shouldn't have anything to do with the top. The slots in the nut or saddle are incorrect or the strings are slipping. The strings could be binding in the slots like Michael said....

You'll love the Travelite, I ship my mandos in them. Very lite and rugged, I truly believe that if my mando had to fall 3 feet from the tailgate of a pickup I'd rather have it in the TL than a...

Yes it is a lot of work but it will get easier when you get a couple sets down. But you will always be learning new stuff. Congratulations

I put a straight edge on the fingerboard and set the relief so that I can put a .003" feeler gage under 5 to 7 frets in the middle of the relief between the frets and straight edge to start. More or...