Post a picture of what's on your bench?

[Jim Adwell]

This pile of walnut will soon be a tenor ukulele, when various pieces of it are thicknessed, glued, bent and shaped in an appropriate manner. I just finished the form yesterday and today will be gluing up the booked top and back, and perhaps bending the sides. Still need to make a 17" scale length template for my fret slot cutting jig.

[David Houchens]

Still need to make a 17" scale length template for my fret slot cutting jig.

Same here. I think I've settled on 17" for my mandola.

[Jim Adwell]

Same here. I think I've settled on 17" for my mandola.

Yeah, I wish mine was 17" rather than the 16" SL I made it. I'll have to make another one, I guess.

By the way, there's and extra "inst" in the link to your webpage in your sig.

[David Houchens]

oops, Thanks. I meant for to be a live link as well. That didn't do either.

[Rob Grant]

Hey Bryce, Nice looking adjustable bridges. When do I get to put in an order?<g>

[Mickey King]

[John Morton]

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[John Morton]

I'm just ready with 3 bodies to take to the plating shop, with some tailpieces, coverplates and handrests. I mustn't forget the minor pieces - there's a $150 minimum charge.

On left is a guitar, a 00 size which will get a 7 string neck, 9 1/2" cone. Next is an octave guitar - at least that's what the customer calls it. 14" scale, intended for a very light set of normal steel guitar strings, tuned one octave above a guitar, 6" cone. That oddball on the right is a mandolin in the Brazilian bandolim shape, 7 3/4" cone, gets a 10 string neck. All will be plated in bright nickel, except the octave guitar gets "antique nickel", a sort of dark smoky treatment.

John

[Marty Jacobson]

Beautiful, John.

[Steve Sorensen]

Making points --



Steve

[Rob Grant]

Note on 17" scale fretboards. If it's only a "one off" why go to the trouble of making a template... just measure, mark and cut.

[David Houchens]

Rob, Thanks. I'm not set up for production numbers on bridges just yet. I do hope to be in the near future. I always make templates when doing finger boards. Every time I though I'd only need one, sooner or later I or someone else wanted another one. With the template, I just square the board and run it across my table saw for exact duplicates without having to remeasure. Just less wear and tear on my brain.

[Jim Adwell]

You have to measure at least once anyway - why not make a template, on the (pretty good in my case) chance you'll need it again? Cutting the slots is easy; accurately measuring where they go is tedious and difficult, at least for me, so I don't want to do it any more than I have to. In any case, the 17" template will be used at least twice.

[GarY Nava]

Just glued the back on to the rim of a rosewood twin-point mandolin.
Cheers Gary

[Ron McMillan]

This thread is fascinating, and a welcome breath of fresh air.

[Tom Haywood]

Nothing sexy at the moment. Exploring some dovetail joints. Was planning to do a "V" neck joint on this campfire style mando, but looks like it'll be a dovetail.

[Kennyz55]

A few things I've got going on.

[Kennyz55]

A few things I've got going on. An IV A kit, a Siminoff F5 build, a Kay style repair a Smith Creek F4 build.





Sorry for the multiple posts but it wouldn't allow editing..

[bernabe]

Kinda cool...a '76 Monteleone #5

[David Houchens]

Gluing up a peghead veneer with angular/opposed grain and black center stripe. Persimmon of coarse.

[David Houchens]

Just sanded out the simmon wood and I'm heating the hide glue up to join a back for my next 000

[David Houchens]

just took the binding tape off this single 0. Dovetail pocket next. Miss matched top on this one.

[Wilbur Tabacsko]

Was resawing maple today and lookie at what I found. 22 caliber no doubt. Looks like a good pattern.

[Pete Jenner]

The end is nigh ...ish.

[pfox14]

Just completed this guitar. It's my replica of a 1930 Gibson Nick Lucas Special. Highly flame maple back, sides & neck. Red Spruce top, IRW fingerboard and bridge. Bone nut & saddle, Inlaid mother-of-pearl logo on peghead and various shapes on fingerboard.