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Koendb replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 6 months ago
@jmcmi93888 lovely!
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Russ replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 6 months ago
I do like the look of that @jmcmi93888. 👍
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Robin replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 6 months ago
And now.The headstock logo.
That’s great work, I do like that. That’s a skill that I’m going to have learn.
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Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 9 months ago
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I would say it’s worked very well. I started like that with no fancy tools and violin callipers which are not long enough to reach the middle, so it was a guess on thickness. -
Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 9 months ago
@jmcmi93888 Remarkable progress considering what you started with. One quick method for hollowing is to drill holes inside with a depth stop on the drill, then rough out till the hole marks disappear. Big makers use CNC or copy routers… Read more»
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Koendb replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 9 months ago
@jmcmi93888 That looks really good! Keep going 🙂
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Russ replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 10 months ago
Looking good @jmcmi93888
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Koendb replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 10 months ago
@jmcmi93888 looking good. Slow is good (fast too) 🙂
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mattbeels replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 11 months ago
Wow @jmcmi93888! That is definitely doing it the hard way, great job!
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Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 11 months ago
@jmcmi93888
Top marks for doing it the hard way. I did that years ago with setting and sharpening a hand saw converting it to rip. I only did it once, never again. -
Russ replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" – 3 years, 11 months ago
@jmcmi93888.
Looking forward to seeing this one John. 👍😁
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Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Thistle 2: The archtop" – 4 years, 1 month ago
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Brilliant build it must be good if Martin Taylor wanted to play it. -
Deej replied to the topic "Thistle 2: The archtop" – 4 years, 1 month ago
@jmcmi93888 That build is just stunning..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻