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I'm really liking his videos...and your mando sounds great, Hans!

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

Thanks JJ, I may get around to making one for myself one of these days.

Yeah, right...that's the same thing the barefoot shoemaker keeps promising himself!

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

Yeah, and the home improvement professional with the towel bar sitting on the counter with a hole in the sheet rock for the last 10 years!

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Waddy

Photobucket Build Album Library

Sound Clips of most of my guitars

Or the toilet paper holder sitting on the floor , while the toilet paper roll sits on the back of the toilet ??

GUILTY

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The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
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Wow, I'm late to this party -- just discovered the new area. I'm interested! Here's my first mandolin (2007):

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Kent

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Nice job Kent !! Excellent looking Mando

Welcome to mando forum

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Here is one I finished recently.

That's a stunner, Brad. Thanks for posting.

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JJ
Napa, CA
http://www.DonohueGuitars.com

One Of My Newest Efforts at a Mandola , I have been playing around with the latest and am making a basic guitar shape and am using a nice piece of Lutz I bought at auction here . Not sure about what to use for the neck . I have walnut , mahagony , and cherry .

Any recommendations . OHH BTW the top is going to be black ala "hesh"

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

I meant Lutz For the top , Looking for reccomendations on the neck .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Hi Wudwerkr,

My 12 year old daughter and I are building a "mandolaetto"-basically the same thing you are building.

What are the dimensions of yours? Ours is 10" wide at the lower bout and 14 " long.X 2-1/2" deep.

I will post some pictures when I get a chance.
Brad

Mine Measures 10"-3/4" lower bout 15" long and 2-1/4" thick So Slightly larger , yet a tad thinner .
I do have mine Arched 1/4" across the 10-3/4" and 15" dimensions . Was not easy to arch the wood that much , wanted to crack . But with lotsa water and patience it worked . How it holds up ? well corts not in on that one yet ?

Look forward to seeing your pics !!

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

James, I don't think that back bracing is optimal. For one thing it looks quite bulky, but the thing that worries me most is that there are several abrupt "stops", where the brace ends are not reinforced . As a result you have a dramatic change in stiffness there, that can cause them to come loose, or start a crack in the much more flexible unbraced part of the back. I'd recommend that you carve the brace ends way down and hold them in place somehow, the most common method is by "tucking" them under the linings. The butt jointed braces (most folks would lap joint them) also need reinforcement...

I hope you didn't close the box already...?

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Thanks for the insite , I have been looking at the bracing and thinking about carving it down some . Those are lap jointed braces btw they arnt but jointed , just got a little carried away with my cut. I generally dont tuck them under the kerfing because I never use binding , however i did leave the lower bout a little short didnt I .
No it isnt closed yet .
I made them beefier because I bent that back a 1/4" in 10-3/4" width . It took alot of water and patience and i am afraid that if i carve them I may loose some of my strength for the arch ?

what do you think ? I appreciate any input .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Hi All:

This is my first 'official' post. I am hobby builder and am currently working on a Don Kawalek OM kit. I've set-up a blog to record the build, which can be found here: http://northwaystringedinstruments.blogspot.com/. Please feel free to critique away. If any of you see things that I can improve and/or do differently, I'm all ears!

Here are a couple of pics:




Thanks for looking!

Best,
Eric

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Eric Northway
http://northwaystringedinstruments.blogspot.com/

"Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus" - Terence, Eunuchus, IV.v

Looks good Eric, Don makes a good kit.

Thanks Haans! I agree - Don's kits are very nice.

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Eric Northway
http://northwaystringedinstruments.blogspot.com/

"Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus" - Terence, Eunuchus, IV.v

Here's the first mandolin I've bought. I'm quite enjoying it so I'm sure I will add to the collection over the years.

Hi All:

I've made quite a bit of progress in recent days. I actually strung the OM up last night to check for buzzing, string height, etc. Shockingly, it sounds pretty dang good. I've got some tweaking to do - lower the nut a bit, as well as the bridge, and then of course, finish it (trying to decide between straight tru-oil, or some combination of shellac & tru-oil . . . any thoughts?). But, here it is, 'almost' complete:



Thanks for looking!

Best,
Eric

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Eric Northway
http://northwaystringedinstruments.blogspot.com/

"Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus" - Terence, Eunuchus, IV.v

Good looking work , cant wait to hear a clip of her sound . hooked now arnt ya

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Thanks WudWerkr! Once I get it all set up and finalized I'll try to post a sound clip (though, my playing has a lot to be desired . . . I'm just sayin' ).

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Eric Northway
http://northwaystringedinstruments.blogspot.com/

"Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus" - Terence, Eunuchus, IV.v

Just went out the door to Mike in Madison, Wi. West Virginia red spruce and red maple back.

Very nice Haans. I really like the look of that tortoise binding... makes it look dark, like some bluesy bluegrass should be coming out of her. Did you use ebony for the points?
and a Polished ebony pickguard? Nice..

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Chris Oliver
Infinity Luthiers
...in the shop.

live every minute...

Here is a picture of my third mandolin.

Here is a picture of my third, with the fourth one on the work board.