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Lutherie: Body and frets
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Sunday, November 30, 2008. I was able to spend about an hour and a half in the shop yesterday and I made some progress (but took no photos, more's. The pity, though I suspect that a post without photos will be well received by all three of the people who read this.). I also bought a hammer from Harbor Freight that has a plastic head and a resin head to use in the fretting (the non-metallic heads are not hard enough to damage the fretwire. Cumpia...
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Lutherie: March 2011
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Tuesday, March 22, 2011. I'll post photos later. And I got an instrument I'll play for the rest of my life for that trouble. And enjoyed every minute of the task. Banjos, here we go! I don't play the banjo, either! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Supplies and Tools Purchased. Nut Making Tools - Stewart Macdonald - $208.00. Mandolin Strings - 2 sets - $31.03. Essential Fretting Tool Kit - Stewart Macdonald - $170.90. Spool clamp materials - $24.00.
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Lutherie
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Also, found another blog just today from a much more ambitious guy than I am who is building a carved arch top mandolin. His site is very nice, and his descriptions are excellent. He's got guts - it's his first instrument, too, but his work is really wonderful. Check him out here. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Supplies and Tools Purchased. Nut Making Tools - Stewart Macdonald - $208.00. Titebond Glue - $2.27.
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Lutherie: April 2009
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Also, found another blog just today from a much more ambitious guy than I am who is building a carved arch top mandolin. His site is very nice, and his descriptions are excellent. He's got guts - it's his first instrument, too, but his work is really wonderful. Check him out here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Supplies and Tools Purchased. Nut Making Tools - Stewart Macdonald - $208.00. Spool clamp materials - $24.00.
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Lutherie: August 2009
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Fretting and body work. Here a problem presents itself. I fitted the neck just to check things out and it turns out that the body is a bit too thick – the fretboard rides out onto the body at the end of the neck, but the body is thicker than the neck at this joint and the fretboard will not fit. A couple of pictures will probably make this clearer. See the “hump” at the neck-to-body joint? I bought the hammer from Harbo...
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Lutherie: October 2009
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Wednesday, October 21, 2009. Fretwork and fingerboard glue-up. After doing that, which took only about half an hour somehow, I decided to glue the fretboard on. I did this with Titebond and the rubber band strip supplied with the kit. It turned out to be easy, too. Next step is sanding the neck and installing the tuning machines. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Supplies and Tools Purchased. Nut Making Tools - Stewart Macdonald - $208.00.
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Lutherie: May 2008
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Thursday, May 22, 2008. Carving braces, or something to whine about! Well, I finally found something to complain about in the mandolin kit. I’ll say again that I really feel that the kit itself is fantastic – the materials are great and everything is well thought out. I couldn’t be happier with them. What I really found disappointing is that I can’t find any instructions anywhere in the plans on when, or again crucially,. Saturday, May 17, 2008.
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Lutherie: January 2008
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Monday, January 21, 2008. A good friend of mine (Suave) asked for some detail that separated this kit build from simply building from scratch. After reflection I realized that the aspects of the kit might not be clear to everyone from the descriptions so far, so I sent him this:. And had the soundhole. Cut The back was also bookmatched. Critically, the sides were prebent. Interestingly, not included were a tailpiece (mandolins typically use trap...
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Lutherie: October 2008
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A brutally honest history of my construction of a mandolin. Sunday, October 12, 2008. Body fully glued up. And here are the results of the glueups for the body. Still have to trim the top and sides, but this is well on its way. Of course, I also still have to fret the fingerboard. And then there's all that finishing. Thursday, October 9, 2008. The whole thing was clamped and glued. These clamps are invaluable for gluing on the top and back. With the cork lining you don't even need cauls. 2 each 8" C-Clam...
