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Post by ocarolan on Jan 20, 2015 12:52:56 GMT
... and if you fancy a detour to Somerset for an overnighter....?    Keith |
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Post by Martin on Jan 20, 2015 13:15:44 GMT
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Post by Martin on Jan 23, 2015 22:20:26 GMT
 The English Walnut back centre strips are glued in using hot hide glue.  Lutz spruce caps are glued over the A frame braces - treble side . . .  . . . followed by the bass side. |
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Post by Martin on Jan 23, 2015 22:23:31 GMT
 Finally the last ladder brace is glued on using hot-hide glue.  Then the "voicing" process starts - the braces are profiled to give the top response I am looking for. When the top has been "voiced" to my satisfaction I sign and date it.  Here's the voiced top. |
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Post by Martin on Jan 23, 2015 22:26:21 GMT
 The K&K transducers are glued onto the underside of the top using superglue gel.  As access through the soundhole will be tight I decided to glue the label in before the top went on.  Notches are cut in the linings to fit the top’s brace ends and the top is then glued to the rim-set using fish glue. |
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Post by Martin on Feb 10, 2015 11:43:17 GMT
Another update (yay!)   The English Walnut bindings and black / pear/ black side purflings are taped together.  Then they are then bent using this jig.  Here's the result. |
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Post by Martin on Feb 10, 2015 11:44:58 GMT
 Next the top binding channels are cut using the binding jig to the depth of the bindings plus side purflings. The channels are stopped just short of the end-graft. Purfling pieces are stuck using double-sided tape over the end-graft. The binding channel is then cut over the end graft with the jig riding on these so that the depth cut is just that of the binding. The end graft side purflings can then be mitred using a chisel.  The process is repeated on the back. |
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Post by Martin on Feb 10, 2015 11:47:00 GMT
 Next the top purfling channel is cut . . .  . . . followed by the back. |
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Post by Martin on Feb 11, 2015 10:17:25 GMT
 Then the top bindings and purflings are then glued on using fish glue . . .  . . . then the back bindings and purflings.  Finally the side bindings and purflings next to the neck are fitted and glued in. |
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Post by Martin on Feb 12, 2015 10:59:52 GMT
 The bindings are then scraped and sanded flush and the top is then cut for the floating fingerboard. |
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Post by Akquarius on Feb 13, 2015 20:39:09 GMT
What a splendid instrument this will be!
I wish I could handle tiny tools like this, but they're just too small for my clumsy hands
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Post by Martin on Feb 16, 2015 12:31:27 GMT
I'm sure you could handle it very well, Akquarius, it's not that small really. Maybe you've played Keith's already? If so, I congratulate you on the size of your hands!  |
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Post by Martin on Feb 16, 2015 12:33:11 GMT
 A slot for the threaded inserts is routed in the heel and then it is glued on to the neck shaft using hot hide glue.  The neck has had the fingerboard extension cut on the bandsaw and this is then tested for fit on the body at the correct angle and position and so that the heel cheeks fit the neck-block perfectly. The positions of the threaded inserts are then marked on the neck, the holes drilled and the inserts fitted.  The neck-block is routed to correct depth for the neck’s fingerboard extension, the heel rough shaped and the neck bolted on to check the fit. |
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Post by Akquarius on Feb 16, 2015 14:15:32 GMT
I'm sure you could handle it very well, Akquarius, it's not that small really. Maybe you've played Keith's already? If so, I congratulate you on the size of your hands! I tried Ceol Binn Mor 1 during the road trip, and I utterly failed  I guess that I'm built more for baritones than for mandos and the like. |
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Post by Martin on Feb 16, 2015 14:18:11 GMT
I'm sure you could handle it very well, Akquarius, it's not that small really. Maybe you've played Keith's already? If so, I congratulate you on the size of your hands! I tried Ceol Binn Mor 1 during the road trip, and I utterly failed I guess that I'm built more for baritones than for mandos and the like. Ah, do you maybe mean the road trip mandolin? If so, this is the octave mandolin version - much bigger in all ways than the mandolin that Dave built. If not, then once again I bow to your superior hand girth |
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I guess that I'm built more for baritones than for mandos and the like.
Jo whoever he is.
