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I've spent the past week or so using up wood left over
from my first 2 mandolins. Here's my progress so far. |
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I decided to do Harlan #3 with side-binding. I spent
a while laminating and scraping the binding for body, peghead, and
fingerboard. |
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I've spent the past few days working on the top.
Here it is so far. |
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I wasn't entirely happy with the scroll on #1 or #2, so
I've spent a lot of time and effort trying to make this one better. |
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The top is almost done. (I hate cutting F-holes -
I'm a nervous wreck when I'm done!!) |
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I got the top glued to the rim over Christmas weekend. |
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The neck and I spent some quality time together today. |
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Here's the bound peghead (sidebound) |
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I'm blearly-eyed from 'riding' the Dremel for the past 2
hours! This one is done in abalone. |
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Here's the peghead with the inlay all glued and filled. |
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It's starting to look like a mandolin. The neck and
fingerboard are just dry fit at this point. #3 has the abalone fern
and abalone dots in a 12" radius fingerboard. |
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Birth of a mandolin back. |
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Getting real close! |
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Everyone in my house decided they liked the darker stain
better. |
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