Hi Jerry, Love your videos. I own and operate a machine shop by myself and I'm also a bird hunter. Every fall I travel to North Dakota for Pheasant hunting to get out of this hell- hole they call California. We deserve the time off, so get out and get some of those pesky hogs and enjoy yourself. Take care. Ps: Randy's mounts look great!
Clive Porter 1 second ago Hi Jerry I am very pleased to hear with everything you have to do?( I started so now I will finish, got interrupted.) So with all those things to be done on the farm and the plumbing I was pleased to hear you say your going to take some quality time for yourself. There are few thing more relaxing than sitting quietly in the woods and should that target of opportunity present then that is just a bonus. Great video as always. God Bless Take Care shoot straight and true
Gosh that sidewall process is pretty fiddly but very necessary, I can see that the mahogany pieces are so essential to give the mandolin strength in its unique shape. Thanks for posting Jerry.
Pretty intricate ! Quite the form too -- I made a Remote control boat out of some old Oak baseboard lath same thickness used scolding hot water it bent like tin .
Edward Petersen thank you very much. On the very first mandolin I built back in 1982, I broke 18 pieces of wood trying to bend one set of sides. Necessity was the mother of invention on that one. Thank you very much for watching.
Awesome video thanks for sharing. I am sorry I took so long getting around to it. My girlfriend in the hospital. She very sick. Things are not looking good. We have been together for 32 years this past July. She is a fantastic kind hearted person. Please remember her in your prayers. Great video. I hope you have a blessed week and weekend.
Die Songs sind so wunderbar passend für die Arbeit, ich bin ganz begeistert. Die Videos von RSW sind der Hammer und ich habe jetzt viel gelernt, wie ich meine Schrottgitarre reparieren werde. Materialkunde ist ist ein großer Bestandteil für das, was man vor hat. Danke noch mal für die schönen Videos. ----- The songs are so wonderfully suitable for the work, I'm very excited. The videos from RSW are awesome and I've learned a lot now how to fix my scrap guitar. Materials science is a big part of what you have in mind. Thanks again for the nice videos. Translated with Google translator
Great video, Jerry. It's very interesting to watch one come to life. You are a true craftsman. I look forward to getting this each week to see the next step. I've only been playing a mandolin for about 3 months now. I hate that I have missed out on this great instrument all these years. Looking forward to the next video, my friend.
I thought you said you weren't that good at fiddling Mr. Rosa, you sure are doin a mighty good job so far.Hope you still get videos up when you're a huntin otherwise a lot of us will be chewin fingernails in anticipation.
It's a pleasure.Thank you for your content but if you take the camera crew with you please make sure they're careful around wild boars, they seem to get distracted easily.
Men our age need to do more of those things.now that we are too old to walk far and can't breath.oh good place to take a nap too.😉 joking about that.you deserve it you have to take time out for yourself.
Your knowledge and level of expertise are astonishing. It is a lifetime of accumulated experience that really makes your work seem easy to replicate but, boy it sure isn't. there is a huge of accumulated knowledge that goes to the smallest detail of your work which means that one man's experience is impossible to duplicate. Thanks foral these extremely instructional and hugely detailed videos. One man's soul is the reality that can not be replicated and you leave your soul in the instruments you create and that my friend, is impossible to copy! Thanks for sharing a lifetime of accumulated knowledge. I hope I could express myself better in English but, you understand why I stay in aw after watching your videos. Thanks for sharing all this with us.
As difficult as you said it was for you being that everything was on the opposite side, you seemed to breeze through it. Great job. I wish I could give you 2 thumbs up. I'll just show it here. 👍🏻👍🏻 Can't wait for the next video.
Too late, I have 4 guitars, 2 banjos, and a mandolar in the mail to you...Just kidding. Having grown up in that part of the world, hunting season alone is enough of a reason to take time off, but putting up wood for the winter is right there with it. Enjoy the fall my friend. Maybe in the spring I can get another challenge headed your way...Regards, Solomon
Looks great Jerry, lots of little pieces to hold all those pointy bits together. They needed to put those in the violin I'm rehabbing so I will on the reassembly. So I know there will be a story but why didn't you put the bench together the way you like it?
Dane Nichols Justice space issue. This is the only place that large bench would fit in the shop the other end is right against the wall. Thanks for watching.
To ease the bending, would soaking the strips not help soften them to the point where they will not crack like that? It helps with thicker pieces in furniture making, but was curious if there is a reason you don't use it?
William it doesn't seem to help at all. I've tried it many different ways. Most people seem to think that on this extra curly Maple, you need to wet it even less, just barely spray it. I haven't tried that method yet so that'll be what I try next. Thank you very much for watching.
Thanks for the video Jerry, it was very interesting to see the way you bend your sides. You did a very nice job, it's tough to bend sides. I was surprised to see you using Mahogany on your interior blocks. Is that something you do on the Loar or just typically what you use? I've usually used Ash or plain Maple but that's on guitar builds. I'm really enjoying your build but I also have to agree with everyone else, take time for yourself and enjoy life. :-)
Will you or have you put binding around the f holes, like where the top meets the sides, of this or any mandolin? I dearly love binding. Yes I know it is a lot of extra work, no more than the upper scroll of the body, but I wondered does it do any thing good or bad to the strength of the construction or sound or is it just for adding detail. This is is the only mandolin build I care to follow, so I may from time to time ask a question or so. I to have a lot to do here in Colorado to get ready for winter. I know you may not be able to, but if you shoot any footage of the saw mill, I and others would enjoy seeing it action. Have a good autumn and fall. Thankz
Audio Tech Labs binding around the f-holes is not out of the question. But I would have to charge extra for that. And the customer has not asked for it. I have never put binding around the F holes on any instrument that I filled so far. I may shoot some footage of various other activities. Thanks for watching.
Yes it's MDF and I have a rim around it to keep it up so that the sides are approximately centered. Most of these molds are made into pieces so that you can get the sides out easily. I have never had a problem with that been doing it for 30 some years and it's seems easy enough to get the sides out to me in one piece. Good luck to you.
Richard Mead Pearl is mostly knots. The curl is just a compression folding of the grain from the heavy tree or at least that's my theory. Thank you for watching.
lots of tedious work and hours but it'll sure pay off when this mandolin comes to life. if you kill any animals don't mount them on your video walls, some folks want to crucify me me for the ones I have lol
Randy Schartiger I've already got about 15 or more big bucks on the wall in the house. I was wondering how much Flack you got from those. I figured you probably got plenty.
yep Randy I've almost un-subbed several times cause of the obvious animal abuse. Wait a second did he say "destructive pigs"? Great name for a rock band.
We live in a contradictory area because the guys who want to kill you do not eat grass only (though asses usually do) but the same assholes are probably demonstrating for abortion day in, day out!
frederic thom I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. But I have quite a few videos of various other activities that I do here on the farm. Thank you for watching.
Übrigens, mein Englisch wir immer besser durch die Videos, cih verstehe das meiste Gesproche durch zuhören. ---- By the way, my English we get better and better through the videos, I understand most of the talking through listening
Darrell Blanchard most people consider laminations on a instrument to be a cheaper way to produce the instrument. I am charging $6,000 per instrument therefore I don't feel like I can take any shortcuts. Thank you very much for watching.
Edward Wunder I've done it both ways. It works just fine the way I do it. I think the main reason is because the wood is so thin the water goes straight through it in just a few seconds.
In my experience of bending sides for an F style Mandolin if you get the wood too wet it is almost imposible to bend them without breaking them. I just use a spray bottle to spray the wood for bending. The wood I get from Old Standard Wood is so curly it breaks real easy but it is the best quality wood I have found. I have one waiting to be polished right now. That is the longest 4 weeks of the build LOL. Thanks Jerry for sharing!!
Tim McDonald well I guess you know, I probably thought of that. However, there is no place to move it. The other end of the table is against the wall and that's even more Awkward. Thanks for watching.
Hi Jerry, Love your videos. I own and operate a machine shop by myself and I'm also a bird hunter. Every fall I travel to North Dakota for Pheasant hunting to get out of this hell- hole they call California. We deserve the time off, so get out and get some of those pesky hogs and enjoy yourself. Take care. Ps: Randy's mounts look great!
Steve Bumstead thank you my friend.
Hi Jerry I am very pleased to hear with everything you have to do
Clive Porter thank you for watching.
I'm watching this builds ready from top number one between the music the explanations your reasons and how you do stuff you blowing my mind!!!
Clive Porter
1 second ago
Hi Jerry I am very pleased to hear with everything you have to do?( I started so now I will finish, got interrupted.) So with all those things to be done on the farm and the plumbing I was pleased to hear you say your going to take some quality time for yourself. There are few thing more relaxing than sitting quietly in the woods and should that target of opportunity present then that is just a bonus. Great video as always. God Bless Take Care shoot straight and true
Clive Porter thank you very much my friend. It is my favorite time of the year.
Gosh that sidewall process is pretty fiddly but very necessary, I can see that the mahogany pieces are so essential to give the mandolin strength in its unique shape.
Thanks for posting Jerry.
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down??? Excellent work Jerry!!
Tioga Fretworks thank you very kindly my friend.
I'm literally on here, reading to comments to find out that myself. I recently stumbled across these videos and I'm hooked.
The*, not to. Need to proof read, apparently.
Pretty intricate ! Quite the form too -- I made a Remote control boat out of some old Oak baseboard lath same thickness used scolding hot water it bent like tin .
Garnett M thank you for watching. The curl in the maple makes it incredibly hard to bend without breaking.
That strip of metal to help bend the sides is brilliant! Thanks for that hint, Jerry.
Edward Petersen thank you very much. On the very first mandolin I built back in 1982, I broke 18 pieces of wood trying to bend one set of sides. Necessity was the mother of invention on that one. Thank you very much for watching.
Awesome video thanks for sharing. I am sorry I took so long getting around to it. My girlfriend in the hospital. She very sick. Things are not looking good. We have been together for 32 years this past July. She is a fantastic kind hearted person. Please remember her in your prayers. Great video. I hope you have a blessed week and weekend.
Thomas Tommy I am very sorry to hear that my friend. Praying. Thank you for watching.
Die Songs sind so wunderbar passend für die Arbeit, ich bin ganz begeistert. Die Videos von RSW sind der Hammer und ich habe jetzt viel gelernt, wie ich meine Schrottgitarre reparieren werde. Materialkunde ist ist ein großer Bestandteil für das, was man vor hat. Danke noch mal für die schönen Videos. ----- The songs are so wonderfully suitable for the work, I'm very excited. The videos from RSW are awesome and I've learned a lot now how to fix my scrap guitar. Materials science is a big part of what you have in mind. Thanks again for the nice videos. Translated with Google translator
I have watched this three times: great video because I learn something new every time I watch. Thank you for your efforts!
Wow that is a lot of tweaking to get that wood aligned just right. The bending looked even harder to do. Good job.
Pete Walton thank you very much.
Great video, Jerry. It's very interesting to watch one come to life. You are a true craftsman. I look forward to getting this each week to see the next step. I've only been playing a mandolin for about 3 months now. I hate that I have missed out on this great instrument all these years. Looking forward to the next video, my friend.
Randy Stracener thank you very much.
Amazing work!
Stig Ole Spang thank you very much.
I thought you said you weren't that good at fiddling Mr. Rosa, you sure are doin a mighty good job so far.Hope you still get videos up when you're a huntin otherwise a lot of us will be chewin fingernails in anticipation.
George Krabs I'll try to keep them coming. Thanks for watching.
It's a pleasure.Thank you for your content but if you take the camera crew with you please make sure they're careful around wild boars, they seem to get distracted easily.
George Krabs for sure.
So glad you will still making videos I was scared that I was being forced to watch TV.
Joseph Martinez thank you very much.
Men our age need to do more of those things.now that we are too old to walk far and can't breath.oh good place to take a nap too.😉 joking about that.you deserve it you have to take time out for yourself.
Krusty Buzzard thank you very much.
Your knowledge and level of expertise are astonishing. It is a lifetime of accumulated experience that really makes your work seem easy to replicate but, boy it sure isn't. there is a huge of accumulated knowledge that goes to the smallest detail of your work which means that one man's experience is impossible to duplicate. Thanks foral these extremely instructional and hugely detailed videos. One man's soul is the reality that can not be replicated and you leave your soul in the instruments you create and that my friend, is impossible to copy! Thanks for sharing a lifetime of accumulated knowledge. I hope I could express myself better in English but, you understand why I stay in aw after watching your videos. Thanks for sharing all this with us.
As difficult as you said it was for you being that everything was on the opposite side, you seemed to breeze through it. Great job. I wish I could give you 2 thumbs up. I'll just show it here. 👍🏻👍🏻 Can't wait for the next video.
Gil Lamb thank you very much.
Great video, Jerry, I love watching these instruments come together!
Jeff Grier thank you very much.
Nice work and thanks for sharing this with us.
phooesnax you are welcome. Thank you for watching.
Too late, I have 4 guitars, 2 banjos, and a mandolar in the mail to you...Just kidding. Having grown up in that part of the world, hunting season alone is enough of a reason to take time off, but putting up wood for the winter is right there with it. Enjoy the fall my friend. Maybe in the spring I can get another challenge headed your way...Regards, Solomon
Life After Work thank you very much my friend.
Most impressive work, Jerry!
Boudreau Guitars thank you very much.
Nice build Jerry you sure have a lot of Patience,Cheers
blkjckgtrnut thank you very much.
Yeah, when I lived in MO I enjoyed going down to Salem area to hunt.
Richard Mead and thanks a lot for taking a look. Fall is my favorite time of the year.
Thanks for posting this nice video Jerry, I really likeyour music.
Dennis thank you very much.
Looking like it's going to be done by deer season to me buddy.
Krusty Buzzard actually this is by far the easy part of the work. Hard part comes in putting on the Binding. That takes forever. Thanks for watching.
Looks great Jerry, lots of little pieces to hold all those pointy bits together. They needed to put those in the violin I'm rehabbing so I will on the reassembly. So I know there will be a story but why didn't you put the bench together the way you like it?
Dane Nichols Justice space issue. This is the only place that large bench would fit in the shop the other end is right against the wall. Thanks for watching.
Rosa String Works boy do I get that. I went from just over 1000 SF to 400SF so I understand space issues.✌🏻
To ease the bending, would soaking the strips not help soften them to the point where they will not crack like that? It helps with thicker pieces in furniture making, but was curious if there is a reason you don't use it?
William it doesn't seem to help at all. I've tried it many different ways. Most people seem to think that on this extra curly Maple, you need to wet it even less, just barely spray it. I haven't tried that method yet so that'll be what I try next. Thank you very much for watching.
Thanks for the video Jerry, it was very interesting to see the way you bend your sides. You did a very nice job, it's tough to bend sides. I was surprised to see you using Mahogany on your interior blocks. Is that something you do on the Loar or just typically what you use? I've usually used Ash or plain Maple but that's on guitar builds. I'm really enjoying your build but I also have to agree with everyone else, take time for yourself and enjoy life. :-)
Buddy Martin the mahogany is fairly standard on a mandolin. It was what Lloyd loar used. Thank you for watching.
Is there a tool to measure vibration?
In the Siminoff book he say not to use quarter sawn sides, the grain should go at a angle. ? What do you think?
I always use quarter-sawn
Will you or have you put binding around the f holes, like where the top meets the sides, of this or any mandolin? I dearly love binding. Yes I know it is a lot of extra work, no more than the upper scroll of the body, but I wondered does it do any thing good or bad to the strength of the construction or sound or is it just for adding detail. This is is the only mandolin build I care to follow, so I may from time to time ask a question or so. I to have a lot to do here in Colorado to get ready for winter. I know you may not be able to, but if you shoot any footage of the saw mill, I and others would enjoy seeing it action. Have a good autumn and fall. Thankz
Audio Tech Labs binding around the f-holes is not out of the question. But I would have to charge extra for that. And the customer has not asked for it. I have never put binding around the F holes on any instrument that I filled so far. I may shoot some footage of various other activities. Thanks for watching.
It would have been much easier and cleaner had you used a Scroll Saw to do the cutouts.
Could I ask you sir, what is the thickness of your mold frame?
It's just a three-quarter inch piece of MDF.
I mean the outside frame Jerry.
Hey Jerry i would be interested in clips of your sawmill in action if not a pain to record as you do it ,or have a camera woman or man!!Cheers
blkjckgtrnut I'll try to film some more of it in use. Thanks for watching.
32:52 What is the mould made of? MDF or something?
Yes it's MDF and I have a rim around it to keep it up so that the sides are approximately centered. Most of these molds are made into pieces so that you can get the sides out easily. I have never had a problem with that been doing it for 30 some years and it's seems easy enough to get the sides out to me in one piece. Good luck to you.
The difference between burl and curly? They are both figured woods.
Richard Mead Pearl is mostly knots. The curl is just a compression folding of the grain from the heavy tree or at least that's my theory. Thank you for watching.
less yak yak yak more wak wak wak
lots of tedious work and hours but it'll sure pay off when this mandolin comes to life. if you kill any animals don't mount them on your video walls, some folks want to crucify me me for the ones I have lol
Randy Schartiger I've already got about 15 or more big bucks on the wall in the house. I was wondering how much Flack you got from those. I figured you probably got plenty.
yep Randy I've almost un-subbed several times cause of the obvious animal abuse. Wait a second did he say "destructive pigs"? Great name for a rock band.
We live in a contradictory area because the guys who want to kill you do not eat grass only (though asses usually do) but the same assholes are probably demonstrating for abortion day in, day out!
What brand are your finger planes?
Ibex
did you make video of your farm works ?
frederic thom I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. But I have quite a few videos of various other activities that I do here on the farm. Thank you for watching.
yes , kind of woodworking or any housing restoration ... or machines repair ...
thank you for your video !
( sorry for my english ... )
Übrigens, mein Englisch wir immer besser durch die Videos, cih verstehe das meiste Gesproche durch zuhören. ---- By the way, my English we get better and better through the videos, I understand most of the talking through listening
Hi Jerry have you thought about laminated sides. much easier to bend thinner pieces
Darrell Blanchard most people consider laminations on a instrument to be a cheaper way to produce the instrument. I am charging $6,000 per instrument therefore I don't feel like I can take any shortcuts. Thank you very much for watching.
Wouldnt it be easier to bend wood if you really soak the wood, instead of just dipping? 🎶🎸
Edward Wunder I've done it both ways. It works just fine the way I do it. I think the main reason is because the wood is so thin the water goes straight through it in just a few seconds.
In my experience of bending sides for an F style Mandolin if you get the wood too wet it is almost imposible to bend them without breaking them. I just use a spray bottle to spray the wood for bending. The wood I get from Old Standard Wood is so curly it breaks real easy but it is the best quality wood I have found. I have one waiting to be polished right now. That is the longest 4 weeks of the build LOL. Thanks Jerry for sharing!!
Roy R. Thanks for taking a look.
Edward Wunder maybe if it was a mahogany guitar side - cross grain curly maple will literally fall apart if you get it too wet for too long
You're amorel?
ThePopeDr I'm probably a lot worse than that. Thanks for watching
Jerry not to be obvious movethevise
Tim McDonald well I guess you know, I probably thought of that. However, there is no place to move it. The other end of the table is against the wall and that's even more Awkward. Thanks for watching.
I like to watch your videos but the religious songs really suck, cloyingly sweet and sappy