Post a picture of what's on your bench?

[HoGo]

Adrian, that just looks so "right"!
The angle of the light really shows the grace in the scroll volute.
Strong work!

The scroll and headstock are still only roughly shaped, yet. As they came off the gouge.
Your bench looks real good to me as well :-)
Though the last pic doesn't look right LOL. Did someone from OZ take the pic?

[Timbofood]

That is due to my forgetfulness about orientation of an iPad for sent pictures. I have to turn it "upside down" or they become inverted when sent, as long as I remember to do it it's no big deal but, oops.

[Pete Jenner]

The last pic looks ok to me. The rest are upside down.

[Wes Brandt]

OK, this was on my bench this evening,

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Then,


And after final graduation and finish,



Oops!
Must admit, not for long though!
For some reason, things do not stay on my bench for long.

"Timbofood"…I understand now… looks like some excellent cooking!


Hey… where's the photos?

[Timbofood]

Thanks Peter, I knew you'd come through!
Yeah Wes, that's where it comes from. When I was little my sisters called me Timbo. The food came when I had to figure out an email address. Wasn't fond of needing one with numbers which might have meant nothing to me or anything else.
Food is my "other" hobby. Just had a call from my cabinetmaker/banjo player, the bar project has been installed and he's between jobs and something not too complicated like the new "two holer" grill table will start this afternoon. Material will be cypress from old Stroh's brewery vats, I wish I had had it last night but...
Will post if anyone cares, maybe even if no one cares

[Wes Brandt]

Stroh's!

That was my dads brand and I still remember taking sips when I was like 5. …I don't know if mass produced beer has just gotten that bad or if Stroh's back then just was real beer but I distinctly remember the flavor after all these years and now if I want that, I have to buy a German or Czech pilsner. Nice and dry and a little bitter… or was it the cypress flavor?

[Timbofood]

No idea about the cypress flavor but, Bells has acquired the material and has started testing batches with the "open" vat process.
I remember Strohs from when I snagged the now and then one from my Dad! I really loved their Bock! Man, that was good!
I am looking for some larger diameter wheels for the grill too, I'm six foot+and bending over this one gets me in the back after a few hours of grill work.
I will,start killing the stock this afternoon! Then I might just have to show the bench on the bench!

[Wes Brandt]

So are they going to call it Stroh's…?

I remember… wait a minute! We are supposed to be talking about mandolins! Ok back to work.

[Timbofood]

That should have said milling!
Good news bad news..
Trial fit, good news...



Bad news, in my haste to get it home for the trial fitting, I left my iPad on the roof of the Jeep and, yep, it fell off! Smashed the screen but, amazingly, it still works! In to the shop for new screen and I will be incommunicado for a few days. Live and learn I reall feel stupid about that!

[Timbofood]

Interesting fact, every time we cut the stock, it smelled of beer, maybe that's why I spaced out and left the iPad on the top of the car! Expensive lesson.

[journeybear]

Wow! Haven't seen a mention of Stroh's in ages. Used to like that pretty well in the 70s-80s. Fire-brewed, "krauzening" they called it. Never did investigate that. But that was before the interweb. Hmmm ... off to the wiki!

[Erhard Handmade Inst.]

Hello Friends.
My second F5 mandolin:
https://www.facebook.com/erhardinstr...type=3&theater

Thanks for your watching.

[Timbofood]

Well, after the disaster of last evening, we finished the table project this morning!



It's going to work out really well, I think.
I set up the rotisserie on my 22 1/2 just for example, my Smokey Joe is out on loan (probably permanent loan) but, that's my new bench!

[Timbofood]

JB, fire brewing was the Stroh's claim to its "Bohemian style" deliciousness. It was Heilemans "Old Style" who claimed kreuzening as there forte.
Looking forward to hearing the results of your diligent research!

[journeybear]

Leastways, that's the way how I remember it ... from forty odd years ago ... some very odd ...

[Timbofood]

I might have failed to mention that the right side grill is an 18 1/2, the left hand one is 22 1/2 (with rotisserie)

I will have to snoop around in my basement, I think I have an old Stroh's case down there, I will do that research soon!

[graham darden]

Back going on #5. This is my first one made to fill an order. My excitement and the attention being paid to this build are both off the charts. Wish me luck guys.
Graham

[Charles E.]

Indian rose wood back and sides?

[Wes Brandt]

Well, after the disaster of last evening, we finished the table project this morning!



It's going to work out really well, I think.
I set up the rotisserie on my 22 1/2 just for example, my Smokey Joe is out on loan (probably permanent loan) but, that's my new bench!

Very nice!

[graham darden]

Charles,
Yes, rosewood back and sides, sitka top. I sold this one in your city. Took #4 to IBMA and one of the performing bands played her. Wanted to buy that one but were OK with letting me build one like it. Thanks for the reply.
Graham

[Joe Mendel]

Octave mandolin, cocobolo back and sides, heel cap and headstock veneer & rosette, sitka spruce top, 5-ply maple/walnut/maple neck, ebony fingerboard & bridge, bone nut, gold Elite tuners, & gold Allen tailpiece. 22.75" scale.

[Mark Gunter]

Meaning of these pics: I should have been working on this birdseye maple resonator conversion, but instead I was playing that mandolin

[BJ O'Day]

Here is my current status on my first mandolin build:

Shaping the sound board on an "A" style mandolin.
BJ

[Skylance]

I've seen a lot of cool things, reading through the pages here. I'm very much an amateur with this, as this was only my second "project" beyond cleanup/restring. This began with one of the"kids" mentioning a few times over the past few years "a banjo". Yes, the "kid" is on his own, 26, and working on his Masters,. I found that a "starter" was on a different economical playing field than a "starter" guitar. When I found this one on eBay with a bad description, (4 string, with the 5th visibly taped to the neck) and "I don't know anything about banjos" from a seller with no other musical items, I took the shot.

It says "Dallas" on the skin, indicating the British banjo maker of the late 1800's-early 1900's. It is similar to the Kay-branded Dallas from post-war mass production, except Kays had a stamp and serial, and were standard. This appears to be a mass-produced Dallas from the late 20s/early 30's, from some of the hardware. My overall goal with this was "playable". From research, there is not a huge collectible potential on this, and the only sentimental value may be to him as his first.

With new machine heads on the headstock, fixing the one on the neck, some new hardware, some cleanup, it's fairly nice now. At this stage, it holds a tune, and plays. I think I want to lower the bridge though, as the string height is a little high. I think I want to try to maybe shim the neck a hair by the first string. Otherwise, I think it about looks its age, but it sounds nice. Plus it's experience toward whatever I decide to try next!

[MikeEdgerton]

It says "Dallas" on the skin, indicating the British banjo maker of the late 1800's-early 1900's.

I think your way off the date and country of origin. Could you post a picture that clearly shows the headstock?