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Here’s some photos of my latest Octave Mandolin. It’s off to The Music Emporium next week!211852211853211854

I make them with 365mm, 14.37 inches, scale length. There’s one available at The Music Emporium.

Finishing up the varnish on this octave210923

Yes Chuck I use Sonowood on my mandolin family instruments, Sonowood and Corene on my violin family instruments. I think they are superior materials. Eric at Thermal Wood sent me a sample of their...

Not sure when you’re planning a trip here but judging by your list of preferences my latest mando is at TME and may be up your alley

First varnish layer on my latest octave 210458

Varnishing the latest mando
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Just finished an octave mandolin (560mm scale 355mm body width) and a mandolin (365mm scale 292mm body width)

My latest

You’d think that with 39 years of experience chewing food I’d be able to do it without biting myself…

Due to COVID pandemic circumstances, I've been set up in our apartment on one bench working at like 1/10th speed with my studio packed up in storage awaiting a major move several states away. Here's...

This thread makes me think of an old boss that liked using minced garlic jars for mixing retouch varnish. He didn’t wash them out well so his varnish always reeked of old garlic. Most of us thought...

Not an answer to the question but “The Chemistry and Technology of Gelatin and Glue” by Robert Herman Bogue is a good read for those of us that work with old wooden things. It was published in 1922...

Sounds like your iron may not be hot enough. Water should bounce off, not simmer off. Use a strap. Wet the side going against the iron. Use a fluid back and forth motion as you bend the ribs.

You may indeed be in the wrong line of work. There’s nothing I’d rather be doing! There are several paths you can take. None of them are part-time. Meet us back here in 10 years, when you start going...

Different luthiers have different costs and abilities and will have different rates. My rates are 2/3 what they were when I was in NYC. You can always shop around and get different estimates but keep...

I would play around with strings. Without having the instrument in hand it’s hard to make recommendations. From my experience instruments are overdriven more often than underdriven when someone’s...