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Mandolin Obsession: 06/01/2013 - 07/01/2013
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Friday, June 14, 2013. Pushing on with lute. I'm still making slow, but steady progress with the lute. Here is the peghead, made from beech wood, together with my first practice peg. This one was made from cherry, but the real ones will be turned from pear wood. I think I will make the collar on the peg a bit simpler, and make the 'pip' (the tiny button on the end of the peg) a bit rounder. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Mandolin Obsession: 12/01/2012 - 01/01/2013
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Thursday, December 27, 2012. A Halloween horror show. I was going to crack on with this immediately, but I learnt from my lute book that shape of the belly has to be taken while the body is still in the mould. Once it's out of the mould, the body 'relaxes' and ends up longer and thinner! Consequently, I have now started on the belly. Links to this post. Monday, December 17, 2012. Many thanks, Richard. Links to this post. This happened a lot!
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Mandolin Obsession: 03/01/2014 - 04/01/2014
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Sunday, March 16, 2014. I finally finished off the lute today. I decided that the previous bridge issues were down to a bad glue joint, so I took extra care this time! The sound is nice at the proper pitch but the strings are still stretching so it won't stay in tune for long at the moment. I'll wait a bit before making a soundfile. Links to this post. Saturday, March 08, 2014. The bridge has parted company from the belly again!
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Mandolin Obsession: 01/01/2013 - 02/01/2013
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Thursday, January 31, 2013. It did a great job - who needs electric routers! The bridge can now be glued to the belly (with hide glue) prior to tap tuning. Links to this post. Saturday, January 26, 2013. Cittern Ready for Shipping. Here is the cittern ready for shipping in its custom crate. Fingers crossed that no one drives a forklift over it! Links to this post. Wednesday, January 23, 2013. Links to this post. Sunday, January 20, 2013.
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Mandolin Obsession: 02/01/2013 - 03/01/2013
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Sunday, February 17, 2013. A bit more work on the 'mystery instrument'. I have done a little more on the 'mystery instrument' this weekend (it shouldn't be too hard to guess what it is! The sides (and back) are cherry, which was quite nice to bend. I used to soak wood before bending it, but since working on the bowlback mandolin, I have discovered that this is not necessary (unless it's really thick). Links to this post. A trio of rims.
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Mandolin Obsession: Bang!
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Sunday, February 09, 2014. I finished the nut, polished up the pegs with wax and fitted the tied frets. I then tied on the strings and started to tension them. All was well for a while (most of the strings a tone or so below their final pitch), and the tone sounded quite nice. Then there was a creaking sound, followed by a 'bang', and off came the bridge - the hide glue joint had failed! I feel for you Richard! View my complete profile.
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Mandolin Obsession: Still at it
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Saturday, January 11, 2014. Anyway, I have been making slow but steady progress since then. I finished making the pegs, and I have fitted the pegbox. I have also completed the 'half-binding'. This is a little different to guitar bindings as is doesn't go all the way through the thickness of the belly. This allows the belly to be removed by some future lute repair man without making too much of a mess! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Mandolin Obsession: 03/01/2013 - 04/01/2013
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Sunday, March 17, 2013. I have been working on the neck of the tenor uke (the 'mystery' instrument). All was going well until I discovered that the sycamore was full of woodworm flight holes. First, I tried to patch these by drilling out the holes and filling with sections of wooden toothpicks. And then I thought.what am I doing? Do I really want to make a neck out of timber full of holes? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Mandolin Obsession: 02/01/2014 - 03/01/2014
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Making a mandolin, a courting dulcimer and some more mandolins. Sunday, February 09, 2014. I finished the nut, polished up the pegs with wax and fitted the tied frets. I then tied on the strings and started to tension them. All was well for a while (most of the strings a tone or so below their final pitch), and the tone sounded quite nice. Then there was a creaking sound, followed by a 'bang', and off came the bridge - the hide glue joint had failed! Links to this post. Sunday, February 02, 2014. A trio ...
