Gluing the Lining

I felt ambitious this weekend and decided to glue up the rim.  I ruined two neck blocks trying to get a tight fit around the scroll area.  Lucky I have plenty of wood to use.  It was not discouraging other than I had to postpone the plan to glue twice.  The good thing about making a mistake is, you get better at making the component.  I know it will be a trial and error the whole way through, so when I do make a mistake it is expected.

I glued the rim in three stages.  In the DVD I have they make it look so easy and they do it all at once.  I decides why rush on my 1^st one.  Glad I did.  It turned out pretty good.

I also glued the lining in as well.  I had to modify the close pins a bit.  They did not open wide enough for the lining.  In my DVD the cloth pins were modified in a special way.  I now know why.  They slip off quite easy without the notch I saw them make.  I did not make the special notch.  Most of the pins worked for me but I see how a notch would help.  If I build another mandolin in the future I will notch the pins.   

The lining looks great except for about 1 inch on the back of the mandolin.  It slipped below the rim.  This is an easy fix and will chisel out the inch and replace it.  It should only take 10 or 15 minutes to fix.  Other than that, I now have a mandolin rim.