After several hours of scraping and sanding, I have the outside of the bottom ready to be glued. Notice the curly maple design in the wood!
But, before we can glue on the bottom, I must first carve and sand the inside. Same drill as the top of the mandolin. I first drill guide holes that will let me gauge the depth to carve. The inner circle guide holes will be 3.6mm deep, next circle out will be 3.1mm and the next 2.9mm.
Here's a shot of the tool used to control the hole depth on the drill press.
Depth holes completed......
Next, I start carving with the finger plane. Notice the depth guage in the top of the picture.
With most of the carving completed, I'll next redraw the circles and use the scarper to obtain the correct thickness.
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