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Making of - Cookie Tin Mandolin by dose-instruments

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· @dose-instruments · (edited)
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Making of - Cookie Tin Mandolin
After my post about making the oilcan guitar, here is another build thread of one of my upcycling instruments!
It is a Mandolin, made from an Ikea cookie tin, a mahogany neck, purpleheart fretboard and using forks as a tailpiece. It's also the first ever Mandolin that I made and I've been learning by making mistakes this time as you will see further down...
 I will also post a video of how the Mandolin sounds soon, in the meantime I hope you enjoy the pictures :)
(Edit: the video is here: https://d.tube/#!/v/dose-instruments/2d4uyq53)
![IMG_20170420_124258_977.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTcR9AL18vmASxmCFBGfRxKwMCPQ1cBZDZP7JbfkeyrKT/IMG_20170420_124258_977.jpg)

The mahogany neck roughly cut in shape and fit into the cookie tin
![IMG_20170123_155319_771.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNPqSe5PT6PJvrgxDMPj8vEwKMixYqrZxPb2skHXni8gC/IMG_20170123_155319_771.jpg)

For the mandolin, I've tried cutting the f-holes on the CNC. It worked out well in the end, but I broke a router bit in the process and the tin is a bit too hard for the router bits in general. That's why I cut the holes using a Dremel now.
![20170221_095237.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNfcXkjAqcbmXKWDcdgkhNLFcWAcP9DNnZQ8DukkH2XGP/20170221_095237.jpg)

Cut the frets on the CNC and glued on the fretboard:
![IMG_20170227_111048_926.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTqZS89iJ96jhzCgMG29oUbbBGbnnFFUr8pXdRdmJmCfM/IMG_20170227_111048_926.jpg)
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The purpleheart looked really beautiful in the sunlight, I loved the gold&purple combination :)
![IMG_20170312_133126_241.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXDF1sAMRGSZQEkPXXVJod15c8wq91k6mtFZb8cYKLewK/IMG_20170312_133126_241.jpg)

Fretwork...
![IMG_20170319_160933_757.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmc8sN8JLABK4VWWr5Sj6uqkN12LjnKz5HjMneKrvKmExj/IMG_20170319_160933_757.jpg)

After bending the forks and installing the tuners I put strings on the Mandolin and realised my HUGE mistake - Mandolins DO need trussrods!!!! I had never really played one before and just looked at one shortly in a shop before I started making it. I didn't see the trussrod then because it was probably reached through the soundhole and not on the head, so i figured the string tension is not that high and Mandolins don't need trussrods... but of course the string tension on Mandolins is VERY high, so the neck bent like crazy when I put on strings for the first time...
So I had to take it all apart again and put in a trussrod from the back of the neck, leaving me with an actually nice looking beech skunk stripe :P
![IMG_20170329_192646_071.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSBXzPnrL2eMUSkxD53qzho48eZMhPk3Gm9rYYqaYohoL/IMG_20170329_192646_071.jpg)
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And thankfully, it all worked out in the end, leaving me with a nice looking cookie tin Mandolin that I really love and am playing a lot now :)![IMG_20170406_171032_983.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVFZTzCSXEAez15hNzuiKyVeQJmj2gB9SjQkAJabZGYBR/IMG_20170406_171032_983.jpg)
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@allcapsonezero ·
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This is a super awesome project!  Thanks for sharing.
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@dose-instruments · (edited)
Thank you :) I'll be sharing more like it in the future :)
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@allcapsonezero ·
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can't wait!  These types of projects make me want to step my game up and get my shop in check.
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@motinkergnome ·
Do you have any video of it being played,   I would love to hear it.
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@dose-instruments ·
I will post a video of it soon! :)
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@dose-instruments ·
https://d.tube/#!/v/dose-instruments/2d4uyq53
the video is online now :)
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@mrkstn1 ·
Awesome....... I found a couple packs of mandolin strings in the move so I said I need to build a couple since I have strings......lol......
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@dose-instruments ·
ha, go for it! Mandolins are great and the sound worked really well with the cookietin, I'd definitely recommend you try at some point. and the strings are a good starting point ;)
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@openmind3000 ·
Nicely done :)
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@dose-instruments ·
danke simon :)
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@ozarkglade ·
This is great!  I was reading some books on how to make banjos and dulcimers and really want to try my hand at it.  I was surprised by how many of these instruments can be made using all sorts of materials that you just find around.  Looking forward to hearing how it sounds!
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@dose-instruments ·
thanks! go ahead and try making something, it's a lot of fun! but be advised - it's also veeery addictive! :D
I've also made a few tenor banjos before, one of them using an old tambourine for the body and parts from an old bed for the neck and two more using the round cadbury chocolate tins for the body.
The video for the Mandolin is coming soon :)
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@dose-instruments ·
https://d.tube/#!/v/dose-instruments/2d4uyq53
the video is now online :) I hope you like it!
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@qsounds ·
Love the forks! Have you eaten with them before? Would be a very nice story, used for to eat food, and now in use to eat the waves through the strings :)
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@dose-instruments ·
I took the forks from my mum's spare cutlery drawer a while ago, I'm sure somebody has used them before! :P
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@qsounds ·
:)
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