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Tops can be graduated from the top side or the bottom. It's just harder to check the thickness with the mandolin intact. Keep in mind you may need to refit the bridge if you change the graduations...

Best of luck, let us know how it comes out.

Thanks John.

You know, if the tailpiece cover was there....

Those will be the dimensions of the tuners. If they match up with your post holes center to center it should work. Mark the middle of each hole and verify you are close to that dimension on each hole...

Those are the tuners I linked to above and could be the closest to what you have. Look at this diagram. That is the dimension you need to be checking.

Andrew Mowry was last active today at 11:14 AM and last posted on January 7th. I don't remember ever seeing a post from Don McRostie or Monteleone. The doesn't mean they never did, it just means I...

Ya gotta do what you gotta do and I understand that completely but the fact that there are true amateurs here that have built musical instruments that look pretty good and sound pretty good makes me...

Great job on building the case Steve. I've always wondered why there wasn't more of build your own case movement. Some people build some heavy boxes. I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about...

I've always loved Darryl Wolfe's bridge top machine.

https://www.mandolincafe.com/forum/threads/23839-Show-Off-Your-Jig?p=292585&viewfull=1#post292585

Yes, it did the trick but I can't seem to get to it anymore because there are too many cases stacked in front of it. Yes, I am a sick man.

If you are planning on filling the holes and re-drilling it would make more sense to get a matched drill bit and dowel set that would allow you to enlarge the hole and have the correct sized dowel to...

I was under the impression the backs were laminated arched with a brace. That's what Gruhn's book says as well.

https://www.chrisvallillo.com/post/harmony-monterey-h417-mandolin

And no self respecting slimeball would keep the cases where they could be counted. I will note that when I finally built shelving for all my instruments there was a major blowout in the house. They...

It should be a Harmony Monterey A style. They made the Monterey from the mid 30's to the late 70's. I don't know if they kept the same model number all those years. They should be all wood and...

I was actually going to say that. :)

Her: Is that a new mandolin?

Him: No, this is same one I've had for years. I just cleaned it up a bit.

I reported it as well. I suspect we'll see more of these.

There are individual mini tuners used mostly for guitars, just make sure you get the right orientation. They are usually sold in sets of 6, 3 on each side so you might have to buy two sets to get 8...

Tuners are measure by the spacing from center of the post to the center of the post. You may or may not be able to find this size post spacing. The first thing you need to do is to measure it.
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That's not even a good fake Gibson. It's an import that someone has added a label to. And of course it's a pawn shop that got taken to the cleaners again. We had a wave of these several years ago,...

It's no earlier than the late 70's, probably early to mid 80's.

I see this as a win win Allen. There's one less banjo available and one more mandolin available. :cool:

I have a set just like them with black buttons that came off a no name Korean H5 style mandola. All Parts has sold them in the past. I'm assuming they are Korean but have never been able to tie down...

They are attached to the underside of the top.