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I’ve been building mandolins full time since 2015. I am self taught and have no history of luthier work or woodworking for that matter. It started out as a hobby that became my full time job. I sold...

Here is #9

My most recent build.

I appreciate you John. You have been a huge help and inspiration in my whole process, as well as a wealth of extremely helpful knowledge.

#8-18 sitting on the bench. 11 at once is quite the undertaking, not sure I’ll build that many at the same time again.

Hagerty #7

red spruce top
Back, neck and sides are big leaf maple
1 1/8 bone nut
Cumberland Acoustics bridge
Compound radius fretboard 6.5-12
Parallel bracing
Waverly tuners
James tailpiece

Hey John! Thanks for asking, I am doing most of this inlay with MOP and some with square silver wire, cutting with a jewelers saw, routing with a 1/32 and a 1/16, downcut bit on a dremel.

Here is my most recent inlay design, hope you all approve.

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A Batch of Mandolins, building rims for #8-#17.

I would just get a bigger spraying handle that is 15/32...drill the hole once. very accurately without a step or taper. or wrap tape around your spraying handle to increase its size to 15/32, but...

Good question. The customer does still have the piece in the case. I asked if they wanted it repaired and they said no, on top of not repairing the broken scroll they then asked me to put binding on....

You know that old saying “the customer is always right”...well I had a customer come in who wanted his mandolin headstock...changed. He brought in a Collings MF #1247. He wants me to dig out the...

Hello Cafe. My name is Jacob Hagerty and I have been addicted to building mandolins for 4 years now, although its still a hobby. I have completed 6 mandolins so far and #7 is under way. I started...

Keep the pinky planted on 7 do not pick it up when changing back and forth. This will help

It’s a balance for sure, I own a company, I’m in a relationship, I’m in a band that travels a lot, and tryin to build and play as much as I can.

I apply the stain to the top using an airbrush, then I apply a nice coat of shellac with a spray gun, let it dry. Then I begin to sand till level, if I need another coat of shellac it is applied at...

Hello everybody, I have become heavily addicted to building mandolins. My first was an IV F-5 kit, second was the Stew-Mac F-5 kit. Now I’m building from scratch. This mandolin has a compound radius...

Hagerty Mandolins on the bench

I started building mandolins about 3 years ago, I have wanted to build one since I started playing back in 2001. I started with an IV F5 kit for #1, for #2 I did a...

Received my new tailpieces today, very satisfied with the result. Huge shout out to Bill James at Axinc for being so accommodating during the process and being a true professional. thanks Bill! ...

Awe yes. Here is something to try; when playing tremolo the notes should add up correctly...in other words it’s not a random flurry of notes. Therefore if the tremolo is mathematically correct you...

#4,5,6 on the bench 2 F5s and a 3 point. Facebook Hagerty mandolins

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Building rims for my first batch of mandolins.

Was a pleasure to meet you mark and pick your brain about finishes. After pagosa I came home and applied a spirit varnish with a shellac french polish on my first build from scratch.

Hello, I built the IV kit for my first build then did the StewMac kit last year for my second, Now I’m trying my hand at one from scratch. This mandolin will have a radiused fretboard, maple back...