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    Re: Pitch pocket - aaargh!

    Sorry, of course that would be 4-piece.
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    Re: Pitch pocket - aaargh!

    Thanks for that. Got me thinking, though maybe something more matched to my skillset might be a 6mm full length splice, making a 3-piece top.
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    Pitch pocket - aaargh!

    So I'm carving a top when I hit this. It's way off the area where I could cut it out as part of the f-hole, and it's a good 2-3mm deeper than the surrounding area will finish at. Any ideas? Is it...
  4. Thread: Witness lines

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    Re: Witness lines

    Hi Adrian, yes, that was the process. I pore-filled with shellac and pumice but had a small ripple in each side that needed something thicker and was too deep to sand out. Bit of a bodge, I know, but...
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    Re: Witness lines

    Thanks John. I'll give it a go. Humidity a bit of an issue here right now (Scotland), but looks like it might be dry enough for spraying later in the week.
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    Witness lines

    Hi all, hoping someone can help with my witness lines woe. Prepping for a nitro (rattle can) spray, I've used a shellac with pumice powder and then some Z-poxy. Consequently I've ended up with...
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    Re: Drilling out the top

    'Stiff', not stuff. Though I guess it's quite nice stuff, too.
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    Re: Drilling out the top

    Thanks, that's reassuring. It is a nice stuff piece of Sitka. All went ok in the end. Just need a tiny bit of refinement inside and final pre-finish sanding outside, so all looking good.
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    Re: Drilling out the top

    Ok, slightly different approach. Let's see how this pans out.
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    Re: Drilling out the top

    Thanks for the advice, guys. Leather pad and a wider dowel seems the way to go. Don't want to have to sand anything out as the arch is already at 15.3mm, so not much wiggle room for losing material...
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    Drilling out the top

    HI, I'm just working on my first carved top instrument, using the MacDonald book. I've done the outside, and am pretty happy with that, and I've just rigged up a dowel jig so I can drill the top out...
  12. Thread: Is this scrap?

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    Re: Is this scrap?

    A bit of marquetry - that's a brilliant idea, thanks. Like you, I don't do this for a living, so can afford to spend a bit more time than is commercially sensible doing stuff I enjoy - inlay in...
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    Is this scrap?

    Doing my first carved top and I hit this knot. It goes all the way through from the side to the centre. Is there any way of salvaging it or is this firewood?
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    Best budget spray kit

    After using wipe-on and brush-on finishes for a while, I'd like to move on to spraying my instruments but don't really know what equipment I need to start out. Can anyone recommend me any ideas on...
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    Re: UK supplier of spruce wedges

    Ivan - thanks for that. Will follow your suggestion.
    Dusepo - Touchstone lists viola wedges, but does not specify size.
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    UK supplier of spruce wedges

    Hi, can anyone point me towards a UK supplier of spruce wedges for a carve top mando? No one I can find lists them online. Will viola-size wedges fit the bill?

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    Re: new bouzouki - top droop - humidity?

    Sorry, 'sank and went convex' - meant concave, of course.
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    Re: new bouzouki - top droop - humidity?

    Sounds like a humidity issue to me. The first instrument I made - a concert uke last year - did exactly the same thing. Top started out with a nice radius as designed, then over a few weeks sank and...
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    Re: Neck angle and bridge height

    Ok, I know where I went wrong - back when I sanded the rim on my radius dish. But still wondering what is the best way to go. Given that the guy I'm making it for would prefer a floating bridge...
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    Re: Neck angle and bridge height

    Thanks Oliver - that's just what I thought. This is only my second instrument, and I'm finding out the hard way that things I did at the start are having a big effect on other things I'm trying to do...
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    Neck angle and bridge height

    Following on from my earlier thread http://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/showthread.php?129742-Floating-bridge-on-fixed-bridge-body I'm again appealing for help from the very knowledgable experts on...
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    Re: Floating bridge on fixed bridge body

    Cheers Graham. I was starting to lean that way, and I don't think he'll take much convincing. I think he may be a little worried about my ability to set the saddle at the right distance (and I admit...
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    Re: Floating bridge on fixed bridge body

    Thanks for that Stephen - I'm not sure I understand all of what you say, but will work at it and try to get to grips with the topics you raise. I'm still at the stage of copying designs from other...
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    Re: Floating bridge on fixed bridge body

    I've already closed up the soundbox, so making changes to the bracing would be a bit tricky. I was wondering about it being a bit overbraced - the top is 2.8mm or so in the centre, down to about...
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    Re: Floating bridge on fixed bridge body

    Thanks John. I've been following the instructions in Graham's Bouzouki Book, which say taper the X-braces down to nothing where they meet the linigs and all the other braces down to nothing at 35mm...
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