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Post by davewhite on Mar 4, 2013 15:52:06 GMT
We are off to the races with my Road Trip Mandolin - "Ceol Binn Taistealaí” (Sweet Music Traveller) - which will be European spruce top, Bubinga b/s, Mahogany neck and Macassar ebony bindings with black/pear/black purflings. 375mm scale length and 34mm nut width. You can read about the project here. The top and back have been initially thicknessed and joined using hot hide glue and the tent method:   |
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Post by ocarolan on Mar 4, 2013 16:04:43 GMT
Yay! Great news Dave - will be following this with great interest!  Keith |
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Post by Martin on Mar 4, 2013 16:43:56 GMT
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Post by andrewjw on Mar 4, 2013 18:13:29 GMT
This is going to be a much watched thread I think...looking forward to seeing CBT take shape!  |
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Post by ocarolan on Mar 4, 2013 19:22:44 GMT
This is going to be a much watched thread I think...looking forward to seeing CBT take shape! Cognitive Behaviour Therapy...  Keith |
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Post by leoroberts on Mar 4, 2013 20:17:04 GMT
Or, for the motorcyclists amongst us: Compulsory Basic Training  Looking forward to getting my turn with this travelling project |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2013 16:59:51 GMT
Fantastic! I can actually play a rightie mandolin so I might consider applying to go on the list if I'm allowed...
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Post by davewhite on Mar 5, 2013 17:08:19 GMT
Sam, Of course you are allowed. Just go to the Road Trip thread and "sign up" there. |
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Post by davewhite on Mar 8, 2013 18:08:04 GMT
Today I've mostly been going round in circles - well cutting circles and holes in pieces of wood.  The Bubinga central rosette ring is cut using the circle cutting jig:   Next after applying a shellac wash coat the rosette channel is routed out of the top:   The central Bubinga ring flanked by black/pear/black purfling is tested for fit and glued in using white pva glue:  When the glue has dried the rosette is scraped flush:  The Bubinga sides are thicknessed and left over length to help bending the neck-block curve on the hot-pipe later. A hole for the "porthole" soundport has been made in one side. The ebony centre of the "porthole" is cut and tested for fit.  |
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Post by leoroberts on Mar 8, 2013 18:44:49 GMT
I'm already in love |
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Post by ocarolan on Mar 16, 2013 12:09:04 GMT
Lusting for news....a week since last pics - must be nearly finished now...?  Keith |
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Post by davewhite on Mar 16, 2013 12:43:07 GMT
Lusting for news....a week since last pics - must be nearly finished now...? Keith Patience grasshopper |
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Post by ocarolan on Mar 16, 2013 13:14:22 GMT
Lusting for news....a week since last pics - must be nearly finished now...? Keith Patience grasshopper I seek not to know the answers, but to understand the questions. Man who catch fly with chopstick accomplish anything. Keith |
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Post by leoroberts on Mar 16, 2013 13:18:12 GMT
Man who catch fly with chopstick has too much time in hands. Get to MaccyD and use saved time to finish making b***dy mando! #waistrel
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Post by davewhite on Mar 16, 2013 13:19:47 GMT
If you are getting excited by the mandolin in one of the recent build pictures on my website then calm down - that's another mando getting some "touch up" work on the finish.  |
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