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So I finished this little project and I'm happy with the results. The main thing is that I learned quite a lot from the process, and the mandola sounds reasonably good to my ears. By way of thank you...

Only my max resaw size just about gets me a soundboard that matches that of the Phil Davidson mandolin that I'm measuring up from. So if I saw the joint apart my halves will probably be a little...

Thanks CarlM. I'll probably just cut new pieces and start the soundboard again. I have plenty of that old pine here. Guilty as charged on the glue though. It's just a standard carpenter's wood glue....

Thanks for the all the replies. After going through the suggestions, I found that a long G-Clamp fixed to one particular position along one of the braces stops the rattle. Great. Now should I just...

I decided to throw together a mandolin using only pieces of wood I have lying around the place. I'm more concerned at this stage about learning the techniques involved in building instruments then...