David Houchens
http://bryceinstruments.com/
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.
aka: Spencer
Silverangel Econo A #429
Soliver #001 Hand Crafted Pancake
Soliver Hand Crafted Mandolins and Mandolin Armrests
Armrests Here -- Mandolins Here
"You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage
to lose sight of the shore, ...and also a boat with no holes in it.” -anonymous
WesBrandtLuthier.com
BrandtViols.com
Wes, I don't follow your comment. Made right off a 1923 Martin 00. Camera angles do weird things.
Last edited by David Houchens; Jun-08-2017 at 10:44pm.
David Houchens
http://bryceinstruments.com/
Photo #2 looks like it is starched out a bit. The angle you shot it at caused some minor distortion.
Here's a straight on photo and a link to video
https://youtu.be/-4cS3NuEF8Q
David Houchens
http://bryceinstruments.com/
Isabel Mandolins
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Arche...50923841658006
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...
WesBrandtLuthier.com
BrandtViols.com
Anytime I can I take the measurements off the real thing.
David Houchens
http://bryceinstruments.com/
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)
2019 Tyler White custom F5 #17
2012 Huss and Dalton RD-M
2019 Gann resonator guitar
https://www.youtube.com/user/kinmanknives
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/
Last edited by j. condino; Jun-15-2017 at 12:55am.
What a beautiful back!
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.
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!
Hey Tom, you forgot to ask what kind of bracing is on the top...
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.
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