Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Thank you Martin. Great idea. I have a heat gun.
You're a good person.
Good on you
Peter

Thanks for that Martin. Don't have a classical style bending iron. Don't think I'd be permitted to lay out the readies to buy one. Could get the grandson to fabricate a Turkish type. Out of interest, would steam bending be delitirious to the finished instrument? Mind, the ribs would be well dried be...

Hello all. My first post here. I have set myself a moderately ambitious project for a first build. A Cremonese mandolin. Sort of like a miniature lute. (Or a glorified ukulele). I have drawn up some plans and I'm currently knocking up the mould for the body. I have salvaged myself a fairly nice piec...

Hello all. My first post here. I have set myself a moderately ambitious project for a first build. A Cremonese mandolin. Sort of like a miniature lute. (Or a glorified ukulele). I have drawn up some plans and I'm currently knocking up the mould for the body. I have salvaged myself a fairly nice piec...