Guitar Making | JohnMcM | Mentions https://guitarmaking.co.uk/members/jmcmi93888/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning JohnMcM. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:28:04 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 2f3a460541bca000e082b88d8917b6fc Koendb replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/108066/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 22:28:53 +0100 @jmcmi93888 lovely! 

]]> be2819e46445628a082377f3d8824461 Russ replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/108007/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:44:21 +0100 I do like the look of that @jmcmi93888. 👍
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]]> 02a7f19c40a70805ab800591b9ea5be0 Robin replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/107999/ Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:10:40 +0100 @jmcmi93888 

And now.The headstock logo.

That’s great work, I do like that. That’s a skill that I’m going to have learn.

]]> d5dbc9f5a3d6f36519896a6b96c27222 Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/100108/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 16:39:27 +0100 @jmcmi93888
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.

]]> 1c07f025b4324a028a7d97c4114f8eec Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/100104/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 14:46:16 +0100 @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»

]]> 7b4f5a25fa77f2a05efe53c156993395 Koendb replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/100087/ Sat, 07 Aug 2021 08:08:03 +0100 @jmcmi93888 That looks really good! Keep going 🙂

]]> 3acdaf9c7fc73e74139f9c3a9ccd4b18 Russ replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/96979/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 11:49:15 +0100 Looking good @jmcmi93888
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]]> f5666b3d723fe5bfe6fdaa04328b11d5 Koendb replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/96351/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 21:59:59 +0100 @jmcmi93888 looking good. Slow is good (fast too) 🙂

]]> cb2d5183ccf5674fdd06dc55534515cd mattbeels replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/86531/ Thu, 03 Jun 2021 22:20:07 +0100 Wow @jmcmi93888! That is definitely doing it the hard way, great job!
 
 

]]> bd33dbc2b661d8d53d6bbbc9351f840d Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/85987/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 21:43:19 +0100 @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.

]]> 7c1c34c6b67dbb7ba801469a862ff21f Russ replied to the topic "Thistle Mandola" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/85827/ Tue, 01 Jun 2021 06:54:41 +0100 @jmcmi93888.
Looking forward to seeing this one John. 👍😁 
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]]> be4070f1882a39c4916e70d46f8c5469 Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Thistle 2: The archtop" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/51236/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:53:42 +0000 @jmcmi93888
Brilliant build it must be good if Martin Taylor wanted to play it.

]]> e8c15721d1c5670c5cb1cf035c0f1b08 Deej replied to the topic "Thistle 2: The archtop" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/51223/ Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:47:55 +0000 @jmcmi93888 That build is just stunning..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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