Post a picture of what's on your bench?

[David Houchens]

My first 00 size guitar. Madagascar and red spruce. On the bench (well on the humidifier) and resting in its Harptone case

[soliver]

Many, many months ago, Marty Jacobson let me come raid the scrap pile in his shop, so I've been slowly pecking away at making more armrests... kitchen cabinets come first.



From left to right: my last small piece of olive wood, a piece of walnut with some figure in it, a really nicely figured piece of maple, another figured maple in the F scroll, and 2 pieces of a birds eye kind of maple ready to be carved with an F-scroll.

[Wes Brandt]

My first 00 size guitar. Madagascar and red spruce. On the bench (well on the humidifier) and resting in its Harptone case

I think your plans must have gotten stretched out a bit somewhere along the way.

[David Houchens]

Wes, I don't follow your comment. Made right off a 1923 Martin 00. Camera angles do weird things.

[George R. Lane]

Photo #2 looks like it is starched out a bit. The angle you shot it at caused some minor distortion.

[David Houchens]

Here's a straight on photo and a link to video
https://youtu.be/-4cS3NuEF8Q

[fscotte]

My "test" mando, which has had several different backs on it, a few sets of tone bars, refinished twice. Wasn't going to sell her, gonna hate to see her go.

[Nick Gellie]

F4 mandolin coming along nicely. Nearly finished the top binding. Next to finish off the neck and join to the body. Siminoff V/joint being used here.

[Wes Brandt]

Wes, I don't follow your comment. Made right off a 1923 Martin 00. Camera angles do weird things.

Sorry ...it was just a joke, exactly because the camera stretched things out so much, I actually went back to edit it to point that it was a joke but it was too late.

By the way, if one copies blueprints on oversize copy machines as opposed to blueprint machines ... dimensions can get altered a few percent...

[David Houchens]

Anytime I can I take the measurements off the real thing.

[Nick Gellie]

Made a bit more progress since the last post. Neck glued on as well as rosette inlaid and set.

[Jesse Kinman]

Here's some pictures of my banjo I started building years ago, but ran out of time to work on it. Started it in 2006, and it's been sitting in its case with no finish for 10+ years in this condition. Hopefully I can get my tools back and finish it sometime soon. It will end up being an anniversary present for my wife as I don't play banjo(yet)

[j. condino]

Now that the long awaited mandolins are about to graduate from the finish room, this new dread is getting ready for nitro: 1989 Ted Davis red spruce (+John+John), 25 year seasoned Honduras mahogany, and 50 year air dried Brazilian rosewood.

j.
www.condino.com
www.kaybassrepair.com

https://www.facebook.com/Condino-Str...6588557518578/

[Marty Jacobson]

Looking good, James.
Here's what's on my bench...

[Nick Gellie]

Back on my F-4 now. Nearly there!

[Tyler K]

What a beautiful back!

[Nick Gellie]

What a beautiful back!

Back courtesy of Dave at Smith Creek mandolins.

[Nick Gellie]

Bmandolin resting on couch after glue-on surgery:

[Nick Gellie]

May as well show them all.

[George R. Lane]

May as well show them all.

What no two point??

[Ron McMillan]

Looking good, James.
Here's what's on my bench...

Very interesting, Marty. Please tell us more.

[Marty Jacobson]

Very interesting, Marty. Please tell us more.

Well, I'm driving from Atlanta to Tacoma via Missouri, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and everything else in between with three boys between 6 and 10 years old, so I'm going to need something to do in the evenings. I don't want to bring a nice instrument because the car will get up to 160 degrees when it's unattended, and we won't be able to stow stuff anywhere else much of the time. So I thought I'd work on a carbon fiber mandolin. It's going pretty well. Just needs the fretboard and setup at this point.

[Tom Haywood]

I had a good look at it yesterday. Truly interesting material, process and results. And I think it is going to sound great. Thanks again, Marty, for letting us look!

[Marty Jacobson]

Hey Tom, you forgot to ask what kind of bracing is on the top...

[Tom Haywood]

After finding out about the 6,000 strands in a 1 mm wide piece of material, I made an assumption about bracing. I should have asked if you plan to scallop the braces... Seriously, though, the combination of strength and flexibility that you've found for the plates is amazingly like wood, and the "tap" tones and volume are impressive. Can't wait to hear the final outcome.