@boo
Another great job

@robin
There’s nae Irn Bru

@clinton
I like the colour

@clinton
Is your body American ash

@robin
Dream on

@boo
I’m hoping to get some big Ash boards soon. My nephew has a friend with an Alaskan sawmill and there are some on offer I think, so I might have some to trade for paint finishing advice.

@boo Sorry this is off topic a bit, but if you want me to look out the notes and post them to you I can do, or you could collect them any time you’re travelling North. I’m 10 miles from…   Read more»

@robin
If it’s a Neapolitan bowl back type mandolin it probably is beyond repair. They are a nightmare and hardly ever play in tune. Good decorative pieces but that’s about it.

@boo I learned on a course in Lincolnshire in about 2003 and think I still have the notes, including how to make a bow string with a spliced loop from wax thread. UK wood isn’t much good as it’s too…   Read more»

@tej I will put my head on the chopping block and say no because Ash is very springy, so unless it’s all heart wood and very solid it will give under string pressure eventually. I made an English Longbow from…   Read more»

@mattbeels
Looks like we’ve got some competition 

@robin Good repair and I would say it will outlast you and me. I like the way you have made new rivet caps. I still can’t work out how they managed to rivet wood without crushing it. Superglue can be dangerous…   Read more»

@boo
It sure does sparkle