I was looking through you tube to see if there were any vids of mandolin building. I found none. I did however stumble on this vid of the Gibson factory showing the body glue up process for the ES-339. I know it isn't a mandolin but the building process is very interesting. I particularly like the air pouch used to provide glueing pressure. I think it is an air system anyway.
Edited to add forgotten link, DOH!
ES-399 plates to rim assembly, quite interesting
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