Jill's Mandolin VII
A relatively large mortise is routed into the body of the mandolin using a router with a template follower.





Next on is the fingerboard that you saw prepared in the previous entry. I like to plane the fingerboard to its final thickness and profile once it’s been glued to the neck. The dots go in next and then the fingerboard can be fretted.

The frets have to be carefully filed so that they are all level with each other. This process leaves a slight flat spot on the top of the frets which are then restored back to a curved crown using specialist files.




You may have wondered what’s happened to the Blackwood pair; Morgan came over for a couple of hours earlier today, to discuss the bridge design; so that should all unfold over the next week or so. More on that later.....
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