Vintage Mandolin making and construction

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Vintage Mandolin making and construction

Post by blackalex1952 » Sun Dec 06, 2015 12:50 am

https://youtu.be/erDKCUFru6o
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Re: Vintage Mandolin making and construction

Post by blackalex1952 » Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:42 am

Interesting seeing the bent top, obviously formed over a hot pipe, and the use of the heated iron to glue and align the join by hand...also the other uses of the heated iron.
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