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Comment by Ronnie Retherford on September 6, 2010 at 9:25am

The box for the OM came from 'The Humidor' in Dothan, Al. The neck has no joint. I drew a profile that included the headstock and the heel, with an extension that goes inside the box about 2 3/4 inches. I glued additional pieces to the sides of the extension to give me more surface area for the purpose of glueing it to the bottom of the box. So far, so good. Here is a photo of the extension with the 'wings' added.

Comment by Joe Scislowicz on September 6, 2010 at 3:03am

Ronnie, very impressive. Loved the video and the build. Where did you find the box? Very cool.
Joe

Comment by Rick Torzynski on September 4, 2010 at 5:36am

Ronnie,

Great looking and sounding octave! What kind of neck joint did you use on that?

Comment by Ronnie Retherford on September 2, 2010 at 5:35pm

Here is an octave that I recently completed:

Comment by Mark Myers on August 15, 2010 at 5:34pm

Hey has anyone used a real mandolin neck?

Comment by Uncle John on July 4, 2010 at 12:01pm

Hi folks, It's good to find some cigar box mando players. Shuffle blues is my specialty. I am nearly mediocre! I have built 3 and stupidly sold the best one. My two remaining 4 stringers look good and play fair, but lack volume. Questions: What would the 14 inch scale mando sound like with octave mando strings? Is there a place to buy an 8 string bolt on neck?

Comment by Claude on February 23, 2010 at 10:34am

There are some beautiful Mandolins in this group. Wow. I'd really like to build an Octave Mandolin. I've got about 6 or 7 what I call "Chunky Boxes". They're almost square, like 7 ¼ x 7 x 2 ¾ and 8 x 7 ½ x 3. What's the best use for these? I'm just open to suggestions, I know about 'anything goes' and think that's a very cool concept. Just looking for a little direction.

Comment by Johnny C. on January 13, 2010 at 4:53pm

Do y'all use 2 parallel braces under the top like a regular mando? I built a 4 stringer with no brace (holdin' up good) but an 8 stringer probably needs the braces, huh?

Comment by HOGS GRUNT on December 31, 2009 at 2:28pm

I am in the process of building a mando so I decide to come join yall!
Hogs.

Comment by Mark Werner on November 28, 2009 at 5:03am

My bolt-on neck is holding perfectly; I used a "furniture insert" and a bolt. Furniture inserts are a brass cylinder with a coarse, wood-screw thread on the outside and a fine machine-screw thread on the inside. They are also relieved a bit for an allen wrench.
You drill an appropriate-sized hole, screw the insert in with the allen wrench, and then use the bolt to secure the neck to the body.
You can also use "hanger bolts", those are the ones with a wood-screw thread on one end and a machine-screw thread on the other.
I used those on my uke, and also on the tenor guitar I'm presently building.
They're not quite as strong; I used two.

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