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    Very pretty Steve!
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    An early Wayne Henderson dreadnought #3 getting some love on the workbench:
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    Default Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Quote Originally Posted by grandcanyonminstrel View Post
    An early Wayne Henderson dreadnought #3 getting some love on the workbench:
    #3? What year was that built?

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    Default Re: Post a picture of what's on your bench?

    Nobody said it HAD to be Mandolin related right ? How 'bout a nice 1938 Trutone D-723 restoration !! Gotta get that 'Glow' .


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    A Brescian/Cremonese mandolin coming along...
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    62' Benedetto . Still haven't gotten the story on how this happened but pretty sure I can do better than the last guy !
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    latest sinker Redwood topped mando soon to be strung up.
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    Pretty. Is that a three piece top?

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    No, it is a one piece with a few distinct grain lines.
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    A baroque mandolin and a Brescian/Cremonese mandolin resting on top of my home-made thickness sander...

    ...and the same two instruments, with a renaissance lute in the middle, during the shellacking process:
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    New StewMac Fret Arbor Press System to be assembled and put into use.
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    Wrapped up my holiday gift making, took a short break, gave the shop a thorough cleaning... Now it's on to my next project. Going to do a series of three F5s. I had the one outside mold from my last (first) mandolin. So now I'm making two more.

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    I can't wait to bring all the parts on this sweet VX together. I've been saving this piece of wood for about 8 years --

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    That must be the most outrageous piece of wood I’ve seen in a very long time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Sorensen View Post
    I've been saving this piece of wood for about 8 years --

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    That is some special kind of beauty, there, Steve. What made you break it out now?

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    Paul,

    I figured I had done enough high-end builds that I wouldn't accidentally screw it up!

    This little billet of extraordinary quilt was so petite that I had to slip the bass side slightly to fit the scroll. There was about 1/8" to spare (after binding) in total length and barely enough thickness to get the inside edge flat for the arching. Definitely the tightest restrictions by the wood that I have ever had to squeezing out a back.

    For the longest time, I had imagined it would be a Sprite Two-Point, but when I realized that I could fit the scroll, it had to be a VX!

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    Steve in the white it looks eerily like human skin under magnification. I wonder what angle of cut made this effect? Are you gonna stain it or leave it blond?
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    My plan is to accentuate the depth with a deep 'Burst like this --

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    Steve, that is killer quilt!

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    Dug my 'guitar bodied' mandola project out of storage over the holidays and finally got back to work on it. Got the box closed yesterday.

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    Some amazing Bearclaw Sitka spruce and Curly Claro walnut on this Sorensen Big Dog octave -- wet down with little distilled water and ready for final sanding and her neck --

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    A prototype for a new mandolin, with the idea of building a couple of mandolin quartets (2xmandolins, mandola and mandocello) over the next year or so, one set using this design and the other a modified F design. One set will be maple & spruce, the other Australian blackwood and King Billy pine.

    Cheers

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    Ready to get serious about French Polishing on this Big Dog . . .

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    The new '50s Moderne' style mandolin a bit more advanced. Very much inspired by the marvellous guitars of the Pagellis from Switzerland.

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    Very nice! Love the look!
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