441 RSW A Custom Quilted Maple Mandolin Part 1
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- This is a first for Jerry. A custom made quilted maple mandolin. From the beginning Jerry is met with some challenges but overcomes as always.
This is sure to warm your hearts watching this beauty be born.
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"Grain reveal party" that's another time shirt right there and let's face it, that's the best best kind of reveal party
Hey jerry, I studied wood carving here in Germany. Those carving hammers are worth gold. Made a bunch in my apprenticeship. When I get over my health issues I’ll definitely try carving my own mandolin. Thanks for the videos! Better late than never.
My mouth actually went into an O shape when I heard the tone that top has to offer, so full sounding and resonant on its own
what beautiful wood that is! and kidney stones OUCH! been there too and hope I never feel pain like that again.
Looking forward to this! Oh boy!
Your wife must be awesome. I wish my wife could use a skill saw. More importantly, I wish my wife had the desire to use a skill saw.
That maple is purty! The quilt my grandma made ain't that purty! And of course, Caleb just HAS to get on camera.
At around 17:00, you explain that you used a power grinder to hog out a lot of the surplus wood "but don't try to get too close". When I was just a lad, it was explained to me that at any given time, I should pick a tool and technique that would easily remove at least 80% but no more than 90% of the material that I wanted gone. This holds true for chainsaws and axes at one extreme and polishing compounds at the other. I've managed to follow this advice for several decades and it seems that you do too. Your tool and technique choices are why I (and many others, no doubt) continue to put down anything we're doing when we see a new Rosa video.
Really enjoy these mandolin builds I'm starting to watch this one now as I'm practicing my Bass
That quilted maple deserves a clear finish so the grain shows thru.
Nice work, Jerry! Looking forward to part 2... 😊
Love the site Jerry You are the man Brother enjoy yo very much ~~~Bill Sterling
Posted 12 minutes ago, I drop everything to watch when I see it.
You are definitely a warrior your attitude is fantastic it's great!!!!!
Jerry, I found it a bit nerve wracking, watching you cut around the scrolls, on the
band saw, all due to my own feelings of incompetence.
Have you ever experienced a brain fart, while doing that, and inadvertently
cut off the scroll?
Whoops, instant A style.
Kidney Stones! My goodness, that’s very painful. Hope you pass them without a lot of pain. How did you did you get steel embedded in your eyes? Man, that’s tough. Take care of yourself.
feel free to film and post any or all of the build Jerry.- y`see, it`s a bit like a James Bond movie (now there`s a comparison you never thought you`d read, but stick with me here)! y`know what yer gonna get, but, we watch it, because we enjoy it!
WHAT !!! Gender Reveal Party where???
Hey Jerry, that is going to be a heck of a instrument , I am really starting to slow down and just make the best pieces (I am a furniture/cabinet maker) I can possibly make as I am in my mid 60's and am finally not to worried about the money end of it (as much as I used too),one of my favorite sayings from photography which is my non-work passion is beginners worry about the equipment, professionals worry about the money, masters worry about the light . Sorry about the ramble, I wanted to suggest looking online for toothing planes which where what you needed for the grain issues. Also although you are probably aware flat sawn booked matched has the pores sliced in opposing directions and its going to show its chatoyancy at a disadvantage. There is a Okie,Bob Flexnor that has info on that. Btw the reason I subscribed was I watched ur chocolate restoration ,nuff said .
I have several tooth planes they didn't work on this either
My first violin back was slab sawn maple. Pretty but hard to carve. I ended up using a flexible sanding disk attached to my drill press. You can also use the drill press with a depth stop to take wood from the inside and chisel out the excess wood between the holes. Did you buy or make the neck block and end block.
I make every wood part. Though I buy the fretboards pre slotted.
Quilted maple’s is some of the purtiest of woods
But its a paine in the rear end . What pretter than that is spalted quilted maple .. but in order to work with it . Spalted maple quilted or otherweise has to be stablized .or it crumbles .
Jerry, have you ever used your side bending iron to shape your kerfings, before installing them?
Jerry I was wondering why you do your top and back cutouts separately? Especially with the scroll? Wouldn't the match be perfect if the top and back were done together and cut out at the same time? Not that they don't end up that way in the end product! just wondering.
It appears this guy knows how to like comments, but lost the reply button..
If I were of the financial means to do so, I would absolutely order a Rosa mandolin. I don't yet play a mando, but that does not matter one bit.. These are absolutely the finest artisan mandolins made these days, and will pass through the ages to come with the same respect as a Loar. We are blessed to see Jerry actually build them. I love that curley maple.. tough to carve, but OH SO BEAUTIFUL.
Instablaster.
Never seen anything like this before Gerry , finding it fascinating to see you do this with such skill , amazing !👌
The back is stellar. Did you know that streaking would carve out when you chose which side to use? Can you coax that kerf strip into shape on that heat rod you use to bend the sides?
I Love the sound of that wood as Your Plane hits it It may be softer than the surly or birds eye but it still has a beautiful music instrument sound to it and along with the beauty of it it looks like its going to sound AND look like a beautiful quality instrument
That curling is insane !!! I see a japanese face mask in that pattern ! Holy ! Moly!
That back looks beautiful Jerry , thanks for the video. Chocolate sounded brilliant !!! 👏👏👏👍🇬🇧
Great to see a new mandolin being built .I love following from beginning to end .Love the looks of that back.. She`s going to be a beauty...Thank you for sharing...Stay safe my friend...GOD BLESS
That is amazing looking maple it really pops!!! You are an AWESOME CRAFTSMAN!!!!!
The matching is phenomenal......
JerryVery nice, I have been a woodworker for 35+yrs I have built furniture with almost every kind of wood, quiltedmaple is a soft maple & in order to get that grain pattern it has to be sawn just right You are right it’s tears out very badly sometimes Ialways use a tooth blade in my planes when working with any figured wood But as you stated it still likes to chip out. Sanding is the best way too tackle that issue but I could never carve that back like you , give yourself credit You are a Very talented Man. God Bless & I cannot wait to see this baby come to life.
Bloody amazing, such beautiful wood, down here on east coast of Canada we used too make wood hammers similar to yours and we called them caulking hammers used in caulking the wooden planking. 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Beautiful wood. I love the grain pattern despite it not matching. It's just magnificent. ❤❤❤❤
I use manual mode on my cameras now, on my channel videos. That will stop the changing of color when it gets a large white area in front of the cameras lense. I used aperture priority for a long time then switched to manual and found I had more controlle over the video quality. Just something to consider.
Thanks for another awesome video.
Wear some eye protection mate!!🥽
HI Jerry, Spend far too long watching you work. For petes sake leave this one blond it will be stunning.
That is beautiful wood. I always wanted a guitar made from that wood. I love the color. Awesome video thanks for sharing. Stay well and safe guy's. Jerry, Make a ukeli or fiddle out of those two short leftover places. For sure they would make a nice fiddle. Have you ever seen a fiddle made out of this wood? I have not. People would love it.
Hello Jerry,just wanted to say love the videos, I am a luthier although been away from it for a while. You have inspired me to pick up the tools again, I would like to see a video on dealing with bouncing frets after a re -fret, I am struggling with a Gibson S1 that has stainless frets..
Really enjoyed this video. I've watched many of your repairs but this is the first build I've seen, and it's fascinating. I'm no slouch with my hands but you, sir, are deeply impressive.
I am not familiar with working with Western Maple, but it has always been my understanding that it is a fairly soft wood. We just don't get the cold winters that make good hardwood west of the Cascade Mountains. We had an enormous Western Maple on the back of our property, so they do get big, but not too hard.
Hi Jerry;
I've made two balsa violins. Talk about tearing out when carving wood, that takes the cake. It's so soft that it really likes to tear rather than cut. So, no more balsa violins. They do really make a good sound board though.
Set your chip breaker up so that when the carving plane is fully assembled it's at 81 degrees. This should reduce tearout to the least you could hop for.
I've used a fair amount of this. I still have several blocks here. Do yourself a big favor and don't run this stuff through a machine. It will tear out in big chunks. Use a very sharp handplane and take very light passes. You will be rewarded. If there was a way to put photos up here I'd show you the spectacular result that can be achieved with hand tools. And by the way, you can buy this locally for quite a bit less than $300, but the supply is irregular.
I'm a musician and a rank amateur at musical instrument repair wanna know if I really need to butterfly cut my slabs to do the construction on project that already cut to basic roughs.
On joining the top, I thought you'd do a "spring joint" maybe that's not a thing in Mandolin? That back is really outstanding figure, yes, and your match is right on.
Rush Limbaugh has always used as one of his sayings "Talent on loan from God" meaning all good things come from God and we only live a short time so whatever talents we are all
granted as gifts they in effect go back to God when our time is up. Your CD title reflects that as well.
I've stumbled across this video, I suspect from The Great Guitar Build Off, but I was wondering why you wouldn't have that awesome quilted maple as a top where it can be shown off rather than on the back of the mandolin?
Ever try a Japanese style plane? The work is done on a pull instead of a push... Just a thought, maybe worth trying and heck! Doesn't hurt to throw what instantly comes to mind when it does.
Where can one get one of those carving tools you’re using for the rough work?
Lovely work you’re doing there.
I dream of making an F-4 style mandolin.
What ya need to do when ANY material is behaving in such a way is to establish a "solidifying" layer that pulls all the different porosity, fibers, hardness-es and softness-es together into a unifying amalgam of similar consistency, that then all moves and flows in a way that's predictable and actually more familiar... or in other words douche that stubborn bitch with polyurethane clear, it's not going to affect the sound that badly , especially if your going to be then carving the majority of it back off anyways...try it, then try your newly learned belt sander trick once the poly is stabilizing the wood...
That gizmo, you use around the heater,metal strip with handles, would a leather 1 be any good?
Leather would dry up and crumble, in short order.
leather might work. Though it would probably absorb more of the water. This is an advantage with the metal because I want the steam to stay in the wood.
For quilted maple, I like to use a toothing plane. Not sure if you can buy one for the finger planes you use, but they are not difficult to shape from larger ones, or you can have Ron Howk make some for you. Beautiful work though!!
Jerry, you make it look so easy! You are the best! I was wondering if you might consider doing a show on tool sharpening techniques. It is such an important part of good work and I’m sure your followers would get a lot out of it. Thanks so much for your artistry and excellence!
That is stunning!
Beautiful wood. I love repairs, but new builds are awesome. Thank you so much kind Sir.
Potential Christmas present for Jerry: Comfortable and high quality pair of safety glasses
I'm no ophthalmologist, but my general experience is that you really shouldn't put steel in your eyes.
After all, if you screw them up, you won't be able to see the figure in that wood.
fascinating to watch you carving the top and back without any contour lines (or at least none I could see) and coming up with such beautifully formed pieces! Is that palm plane you used the one from Veritas?
why don't you make a little steam bending box? Seems a lot of luthiers use them.
Also, if you get a big bimetal resaw blade (carbide teeth) you can get better resaw results with a smaller kerf and less waste since you can take thinner cuts more reliably, especially considering the cost of exotic and figured woods.
FASCINATING! I love watching the process! Keep up the good work!
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching your videos, you are a gifted teacher and artist. Do you mind me asking where you found the spruce top? You have inspired me to build one for my daughter. I noticed that your spruce top is tapers off on the sides of each half. Did you cut this angle or was this precut?
That back is GORGEOUS!!!! I LOVE the figure on it!
I've been binging your videos and it took me a second to realize there's no part two yet 😭🤣🔥👏 fantastic work brother, instant sub.
I'm not even a luthier, nor a wood worker, and I don't play mandolin. But I subscribed.
Any one else think it was Rick Beato's channel at a quick glance of the thumbnail? Lol 🤦♂️
Magnet works great for metal shavings in the eye..
As a carpenter/woodworker and a musician, this mesmerizing video is right up my alley. Fantastic job.
Awesome work Jerry she's going to be a beauty you are one patient artisan luthier,have a great weekend,Cheers!
If you really need a good set look for Pheil tools. European made from the best types of metal. Use no other, like most European woodworkers.
That would look amazing in vintage blonde and you would'nt hide any of the grain with a sunburst finish.
Sublime wood and great craftmanship as usual ! The tone of teh top sounds amazing almost like an indian tabla amazing
I love Emeri singing “ Ain’t No Friend Like You”. Beautiful.
Jerry
Thats one of the traites of that quilted maple your working with .
Its more or less its own Animal . Ive worked alot with Birds eye maple , fire maple , tiger maple . And they all are different and non have the same temperment .. lotta sanding if you dont want alotta chip out . If your gonna chisle small bites . Baby bites . What helps. Is a product called Zap Gap . Knife maker supply stores call this on line .. ever here of Brownells . Outta Brownelle Iowa .. much of my tools and adhesives
I use to purchas from their .. it may be of interest to you to obtain one of their catalogs ..
You should check out the late great Charles Neils trace coating technique for finishing that figured maple.
Try an 'in canal' shallow sweep gouge. I found it was the only thing that worked on a birds eye maple violin back
Do it again. It is some of my beautiful Oregon wood. Charge accordingly to effort.
Little belt sander like this usually have a speed control. You have to watch at what speed you use it because the faster it goes the quicker you can dig a whole.
I carved a mandolin back out of birds redwood eye burl and it was horrible for tear out so I put a sanding disk like I used to use with my drill. I Chucked it into my drill press to hold it firmly in place and moved my back around to shape it so it was very similar to what you did. There is probably a good time to use each style
That's an absolutely stunning grain! Reminds me of a turtle shell. Cheers from Canada!
That is some beautiful tuneful wood! Gonna be a rare treasure of an instrument, I've no doubt! It's a pleasure watching you work, Jerry!
Or use methyl ethyl ketone if you are afraid of the denatured destabilizing your wood but I've never had a problem
I have a few guitars made from maple including a couple of Hofners and I also have a couple of ukuleles made from flamed maple or plain maple but, I wouldn't mind one from quilted maple..it looks beautifully aesthetically.
Wow, that’s going to be a beauty🤘🤘
(for Halloween you should wear a long hair wig with a red bandana, lol)
Jerry, I enjoy a lot your videos, they are really instructive and fun. Love your Luthier T-shirts!
Watching your old videos Jerry your lutherie skills have taught me to become something I never thought I would be... with the education I already had you are giving me old school knowledge
Jerry i was watching the way your cutting your pattern out and wondering if it would be possible to use the live edge of that maple in the desinge of the mandolin . I think it would look so nice and custom built . thats my opinion and thought i would pass it on. thanks for all your hard work
Great build so far. Looking forward to the rest. Thanks, Jerry.
That is some Lovely Maple there Jerry i know that if it sounds as good as it looks the customer will be very happy
Thumbs-up-er-oonie!
beautiful wood Jerry cannot wait to see the end result👍👍👍
How good is it? Good enough! No, it needs to be perfect. Ok, it’s perfect then... That’s good enough. lol
That is some beautiful maple. It's going to come out great, as does all of your instruments. You make beautiful quality instruments.
This is always a problem with diffuse porous woods . When you do get to sanding stage it will improve .
Jerry, did you write "Mandolin Wine" ? It's my favorite instrumental that RSW band does.
It reminds me of townes van zandt's waiting round to die for some reason...
Yes I wrote it we were playing a gig at a winery and it seemed like the appropriate title
@@RosaStringWorks yOUR LEAD ON THIS TUNE IS RIGHT ON POINT, PERFECT./
Seriously not my second wife however my first had a weed eater fetish it only came out when I had something where I had to have a certain degree of concentration and I used to think she did it to mess me up in fact she said she knew I could do it I just needed to sharpen my focus on what I was doing God bless her heart.
Those grains have some beautiful dancing flames even for being somewhat unfinished it's going to be awesome
What incredible wood you are using Jerry, both the front and back and sides are going to be gorgeous.
Thanks for posting.
This summer I built two violins with slab curly maple backs. They turned out to be my best sounding fiddles to date.
Such a nice piece of wood. I have one mandolin. I do get real guilty after a while of not playing it and sticking to guitar. I usually write a tune and go mandolin crazy to remind myself to never give it up. Health and happiness dude ✌️
That will be one beautiful instrument. The back is gorgeous! That maple will probably give it a brighter tone, don't you think?
Thats gonna be a pretty mandolin when done thanks for another great video Jerry & co