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Here's a YouTube video that's pretty interesting and shows promise to resolving the tight bend issue.

https://youtu.be/9Z0SsAyHKzc

Thanks to all for comments and suggestions. Still not sure which route I will take but I will post a picture when I finally either enhance it or screw it up worse. Live and learn.
Tom

Looks like laminated sides.

Barry,
OK, I know the area well.....just down the street from Spanky's.

That's ok, I made a 00 twelve fretted for my nephew last year, Ziricote and sinker redwood. He loved his too!

Thanks to all for your comments. I owe my granddaughter an instrument so this will probably be hers. I made her a 12 fret 000 a few years back with inlaid Charlie Brown characters all the way down...

146597Drilling depth holes on drill press and the locking mechanism slipped. Tried to patch it but as you can see in the attachment, it looks like crap. I could do some sort of inlay embellishment...

Barry,
Just out of curiosity where in Savannah is your shop? I was a long time resident on the Isle of Hope about 1/4 mile from Randy Wood before he moved to Bloomindale. Got to know him pretty...

Randy Wood in Savannah

Newbie to mandolin builds but a dozen or so guitars in the past few years. I recently purchased a pre carved back made of very hard Birdseye maple that had a taped-on tag indicating it was a 1939...