The Current Project

My current project is an instrument case, made using the same wood strip and fiberglass technique I first learned in order to make canoes. It seemed to me at the time that this technique should be adaptable to lots of things, and I have been craving a better case for my octave mandolin for ages.

Here is where I began the instrument case, gluing the flat top and bottom together.

Here is the next step in the process, making the sides around the jig, or form, that I used to get the right shape.

Here is where I glued the sides to the bottom.

Shaped the top and bottom to match the sides.

( This gets fairly long... )

Here is where I am as of today; the inside of the case is sanded, but unfinished.


Most of the inside of the case has to be hand sanded because of the size and the angle. I made a lot of progress on that today; I may be ready to seal coat the inside tomorrow.