| This blog is written by Tomy Hovington | 48 entries so far |
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Completing the H5 Mandola
There we are, the Mandola is now completely done and it’s a beauty. The finish is a mix bet...
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Sanding and Hand Polishing Lacquer
I just finished this next step in this H5 Mandola build and it looks amazing… Have a look a...
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How to stain figured maple with leather dye
Project Update .. In this video i’m showing how I use leather dye to pop the figured Maple ...
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Preparing the Mandola for stains and finishing.
Progress Update! This was a lot of sanding but now the Mandola is ready for the finishing stages&...
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Voicing the Mandola
Here is a tutorial on how to voice the apertures of a string instrument…https://youtu.be/qf...
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How to Level, crown, and dress your frets.
Made a tutorial on leveling, crowning, and dressing the frets on the Mandola fretboard… ht...
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Fretting, Binding, and Glue up of the fretboard.
Build update on the mandola… Added the Binding, frets, and dot markers. to finish this vide...
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How to replace & upgrade to a Carbon fiber truss rod.
I just upgraded the Mandola to a Carbon fiber truss rod! Check it out… https://youtu.be/YJ2...
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H5 Mandola, Addind a fretboard extension and Abalone Inlay
in this video I’m adding a making and adding a fretboard extension to the H5 Mandola and al...
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Octave Mandolin #21: Octave Mandolin prints
So, I was asked many times during the Octave Mandolin build if the prints were or if they would b...
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Octave Mandolin #20: Custom Octave Mandolin
This project was commissioned and was quite the undertaking. My customer wanted a Octave Mandolin...
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Binding and Abalone inlay of a F-Style Peghead
Latest video is up! Inlay and Binding of the Peghead! Check out the video!!! https://youtu.be/mC...
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How to install a 3 Layer Binding on a F-Style
Here is my latest video.. In this one I’m installing the binding on the Mandola. Check it o...
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How to make the binding channel on a F-style
I have started working on the Mandola again and one of the first things I had to do was to ma...
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Octave Mandolin #19: French Polishing the Octave Mandolin (Spiriting Off)
This is the follow up video about the French polish that was applied on the Octave mandolin. In t...
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Octave Mandolin #18: French Polishing the Octave Mandolin
Follow up video in the custom Octave Mandolin build. entering the finishing stages and applied th...
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Octave Mandolin #17: Voicing the air chamber
Latest video of the Octave mandolin Build is available… Check it out!!! https://www....
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Octave Mandolin #16: Strings are on the custom Octave Mandolin
For all of you following my custom Octave Mandolin build you’ll be happy to know that I put the s...
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Japanese Inspired Picture Frame Greene&Greene / Shou Sugi Ban.
I worked for 22 years in the steel manufacturing sector. 11 of those years were for a trailer man...
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Octave Mandolin #15: Making the Octave Mandoli Ebony Fretboard
For those of you who follow the Octave Mandolin build, This is the latest video in the playlist&#...
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Octave Mandolin #14: How to make a Dovetail neck joint by hand
My build series on the Octave Mandolin build has a new video featuring a hand cut dovetail neck j...
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Octave Mandolin #13: Hand cut Mother of Pearl inlay
Here is the latest part of the custom Octave mandolin build. In this Video I’m hand cutting...
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Octave Mandolin #12: Making the neck for the octave mandolin
Following up with the Octave mandolin updates.. In this latest video I’m takind a AAA grade...
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Octave Mandolin #11: Installing Ebony Binding
It as been awhile since I added a video in this build, The fact is that I just move to a new hous...
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Octave Mandolin #10: Octave Mandolin Backboard glue up
The Octave mandolin is taking shape and this video will take you through the steps needed to glue...
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Octave Mandolin #9: Tuning the Backboard of the Octave Mandolin
After a bit of a pause I finally was able to get back to this build… It feels really good!W...
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Octave Mandolin #8: Making the Backboard
I took a bit of time off over the holiday period but for all of you who were following the Octave...
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Shop tour video
Come in for a Shop tour!!https://youtu.be/KQl0Gyr1Viw
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Octave Mandolin #7: Tap Tuning the Soundboard tone bars
This video is a tutorial on how I use Peterson strobe tuner to tune the tone bars on the Octave M...
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Octave Mandolin #6: Tone bars, Apertures, and glue up
This is the latest video in the build of the Octave Mandolin. In this segment I’m gluing th...
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Octave Mandolin #5: How to carve an Archtop Soundboard
Following up on the current build… This next part is the carving process of the soundboard....
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Octave Mandolin #4: Making the Rim
Latest update on my Octave Mandolin build, In this part I’m Making the Rim. I will leave a ...
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Octave Mandolin #3: Bending the sides
This is a follow up video on the last one where I was building the mold for this instrument. In t...
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Octave Mandolin #2: Making the mold
This post is to keep you in the loop on my process in making the octave mandolin. I’ve link...
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Octave Mandolin #1: Octave Mandolin build #1( Making the print)
Following up on my previous blog post.. In this short time lapse video I’m sharing the proc...
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Build announcement.
A customer asked me to build him a custom Octave Mandolin and I decided to share the process with...
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Cascara and Cherry Pens
Follow the link to watch how I turned those pens… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke...
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Making a safety gate for the stairs
My son is growing really fast like i’m sure all kids do, So it was time to get in the shop ...
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Making a bridge for a archtop instrument
This is the latest video on my Mandola build, Have a peek, follow the link… https://www....
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End grain Piano Cutting Board
This is a project I’ve been wanting to do for a year or so now. Watch the build on YouTube....
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Lutherie steam bending tool.
After I posted a video a few months back, a lot of questions came to me about one of the home mad...
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Woodworker's perfect DIY Christmas Project.
This Christmas make yourself the best shop addition DIY gift. Download the Blueprint PDF file...
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How to use and make spool clamps
In this video I’m gluing up the backboard on a Mandola using spool clamps and then showing ...
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2x4 to Ukulele.
I decided to challenge myself with a 2×4 project and after wondering what I would do I made up my...
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Shop Layout Update.
I spent quite a few hours reorganizing my shop layout for better use of the space and also added ...
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Work station / Outfeed table
I was in need of reorganizing my work space, so I started with finishing this fir bench that I ha...
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Yellow cedar burl table
This was a fun week and a half project… When my wife’s uncle past away 3 years ago, the family ha...
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Dovetail Toolchest
I needed an upgrade in my shop for my Lutherie tools and I didn’t want to get those pricy steel t...
