Mowry Stringed Instruments

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Mowry Stringed Instruments I build archtop mandolins and guitars in Bend, Oregon. Please visit my web site for more info: http:

This flexible straightedge allows me to check the neck alignment as I’m lowering the neck because I can bend the end dow...
10/30/2026

This flexible straightedge allows me to check the neck alignment as I’m lowering the neck because I can bend the end down to the centerline at the tail. Turned sideways, it has a tab for checking the neck depth, with marks for correct placement on mandolins and mandolas.

Initial neck fitting.
10/30/2026

Initial neck fitting.

10/28/2026
I always loved the confidence of the makers of the original Safe-T-Planer. “Absolutely Safe” :).
10/28/2026

I always loved the confidence of the makers of the original Safe-T-Planer. “Absolutely Safe” :).

10/26/2026
Beginning binding.
10/22/2026

Beginning binding.

Mandolins in progress.
10/19/2026

Mandolins in progress.

Carving a top for a two-point mandolin.
10/14/2026

Carving a top for a two-point mandolin.

Bending time! All my jigs and fixtures have multiple generations of notes I’ve scribbled on them over the past decades :...
10/12/2026

Bending time! All my jigs and fixtures have multiple generations of notes I’ve scribbled on them over the past decades :).

Resurfacing my CNC spoil board for the first time in years—one of those strangely satisfying shop maintenance tasks.
10/09/2026

Resurfacing my CNC spoil board for the first time in years—one of those strangely satisfying shop maintenance tasks.

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557 NE Quimby Avenue
Bend, OR
97701

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