I made an Electric Mandolin for the

[@AFMR0420]

You’re freaking awesome. More i watch you the more awesome i realize you are.

[@billskinner4661]

I actually saw the boat video first one. I'm impressed.

[@basildaoust2821]

I'm like a year late, but you still rock the world with everything you do. Keep having fun and please let us enjoy your journey.

[@WDCallahan]

OMG that face she made when it worked! 🥰

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Best. Feeling. Ever.

[@WDCallahan]

@@BeautyandtheBolt I could see that. I even rewatched it and it made me smile and laugh every time. 😁

[@tracyalan7201]

Pretty talented. I watched the canoe building, corset and table. This was great. I remember having wood shop in 8th grade and how hard it was to a simple bird house. You make it seem so easy. I love the tools and I know my brother-in-law and son-in-law would have loved the tools that you had on this video. Pretty awesome. I told my older sister about you and she loves your videos as well. Keep being awesome and Mahalo (thank you).

[@mikelee1906]

I really like that you are confident enough to show your mistakes along the way! I believe you learn as much if not more from mistakes. And even better when you can save someone else the time and frustration of making mistakes by showing yours! Well done. Keep up the great work!!

[@blastradiu5]

Very cool mandolin.

[@waynearuda8840]

Thanks for sharing. I really appreciate the out takes and errors that face all of us on any given project. I really love the look on your face when you played the first note and heard it through the amp/speaker. Priceless!!

[@mariellecb1]

'Carmic retribution for entrusting my job to robots' - hilarious! Great build. Really beautiful wing design. Thanks forvsharting youf butternuf with me - it was really fun to carve and smelled like butter when I sawed it.

[@bluecurlygirl]

Horror story here - PLEASE DO NOT PUSH THINGS THROUGH WITH YOUR HANDS LIKE SHE SAID. In the 80's I was in secondary (high) school. Friend of mine got a job over the summer in metal workers. Running stuff through the metal press and it jammed. He tried to push it through with his hand and the press came down on his hand. Everything below the knuckles of the right hand was ripped off. He wrote with his right hand. In the remainder of the summer he had to learn to write with his left hand before returning to school. It hasn't held him back in any way at all however I'm quite sure he'd have still skipped the pain if he could. So yes safety first. Love this challenge. Just found your channel through Michael Alm and his bananas. New subbie. Beautiful make there girl. Well done.

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Ahhh that's so scary! Thanks for sharing-- I think it's always really important to remind ourselves that no matter how much of a rush we are in, safety should never get compromised.

[@JTWoodworks]

Awesome work Xyla! You definitely made the coolest project. Thank you putting on the challenge and included me!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Thank you for participating!! Even if you made a -duck- "not a duck" 😜It was such an honor building alongside you guys.

[@jonathanedelson6733]

Have to say amazing work. When you discussed transferring holes from one piece to another, I was reminded of a very cool tool: the 'blind hole spotter'. Not sure if this would have been applicable for your project, and there is the issue of having to buy the proper size, but a life saver in the right situation. -Jon

[@WesleyTreat]

So great! Thanks for putting together this challenge and inviting each of us to participate!

[@enlightened1ne]

“Disclaimer: I don’t know how to play the mandolin” - plays mandolin really well.

[@davebauerart]

Looks great! I really like the design. Thanks for the challenge, it was so much fun.

[@CranmerGuitars]

Love the body design! If you decide to make another you should definitely try making the neck yourself; it's not so hard!

[@MichaelAlm]

This is great Xyla! I'm so impressed you were able to make a mandolin in that short amount of time! I'v built a few cigar box guitars, and ukes, and nothing tests your making skills like instruments. Well done

[@MichaelAlm]

Also, thanks for including me in the challenge. It was super fun!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

True that! I really feel like my skills got butt-kicked pretty hard on this one, but it's incentive to buckle down and do better next time. Thanks so much for participating and making the most beautiful bananas I've ever seen (that sounds worse than what I mean...)

[@Theexplorographer]

Feb in Vermont....take 6 parkas!! Did a shoot there in 2016 in Feb and it was....COOOOOOOOLD!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

To rip and route the boards we had to open the door and window to have enough space to run the boards through 😳

[@Theexplorographer]

@@BeautyandtheBolt YIKES!! Break out the long underwear!!

[@Theexplorographer]

@@BeautyandtheBolt Also, I am in Western NY so I kinda feel your pain. I can't even spend 15 mins in my shop right now it's so cold. Most of my machines won't even run when it's this cold out.

[@TheGrantAlexander]

Cool build and even cooler challenge! Thanks for thinking this up and sharing it with the world!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Thank you so much! It was a blast working with all the other makers.

[@garagemonkeysan]

ButternutChallenge is such a great idea. Cool video and build. Mahalo for sharing! : )

[@burgbuilds]

Xyla, this is awesome! I'm inspired. been playing guitar for a long time, always wanted to build one, maybe I will!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Do it!!! Tim sway has some great kits

[@bluecurlygirl]

Oh really looking forward to the canoe build. I'd love to be able to build my own. I love rowing and canoeing. Being on or near water calms the mind and feeds the soul in my opinion. I suffer from depression and love getting out to canoe. Please please include lots of detail for beginners. Lucky you. Now you have to learn to play the mandolin too. Gorgeous instrument and nice job on yours there.

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Thank you. It's been a blast building it, I've grown up canoeing the Adirondacks with my uncle with the dream of someday throughpaddling the entire northern forest canoe trail. AND.... if you would like to build your own, I've nearly convinced my uncle to allow people to come to his shop and take a boat-stripping weekend workshop to build their own canoe! ottercreeksmallcraft.com :)

[@clydebalcom8252]

We all make mistakes. What matters most is how we fix those mistakes.

[@actossinestesicos5934]

Beautiful! thanks

[@thanemakes5377]

Nice work!

[@SianaGearz]

What a weird bowless hedgehog-shaped violin with frets!

[@velwheel3135]

Looks good.

[@W.E.]

11:50 ... I have never heard "Stairway to Heaven" played so lovely!!!!!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but just in case- it's the bach cello suites! I played violin for years and then quit when I went to college, and for some reason Bach is the only thing that stuck in my fingers....

[@W.E.]

@@BeautyandtheBolt Yes, that was a joke! :)

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Ahaha ok phew!!

[@timsway]

nice job!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Omg. From the master himself 😍🤣

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome job, it turned out great! 😃👍🏻👊🏻

[@TomPetersonRefuseReuse]

That looks really cool!

[@boyle_seo]

you should make short abridged version of it for youtube #shorts !!!

[@FigmentsMade]

It mandolins! It's fantastic! And thank you so much for this challenge. It was a ton of fun!

[@christopherbedford9897]

Uhh... "I don't know how to play the mandolin" might be one of the more modest statements I've seen on YT.

[@JohnMadeit]

Cool I'm see what everyone made #butternutchallenge. What type of canoe you gonna make?

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Cedar Strip! Progress is being posted in real time on our Instagram :)

[@audiogear474]

You have mad skills miss beauty.(my first time on your site so don't know your real name). Anyway very informative video.

[@JohnTube2K]

Don’t forget to throw a coin to your witcher.

[@badman6893]

Are all the these tools yours? Were could one find access to a shop of this quality and an CNC machine?

[@nileshw1368]

😃 Amazing ! 🎶 👏😊

[@brothernobody1775]

Anyone who's worked with wood long enough has launched a piece or two off a tool or has had a "cursed" project or three...thumb and a half for transparency 😼

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Thank you!!! I try my best to show my mistakes although it does provide trolls with ammunition... Really appreciate this comment 😊

[@brothernobody1775]

@@BeautyandtheBolt yup, haters are gonna hate.

[@JolienBrebels]

Really cool mandolin! Another woodworking woman over here! 🙋🙌 I'm glad I discovered your channel! You have a new sub! I'm making wooden toys over on my channel 😀

[@BadChizzle]

Nice

[@W.E.]

Is the floor concave, or is the moulding arched? And why no cover plate on the receptacle??

[@sdspivey]

Also, the ground should always be on top.

[@harem137]

these video are the shizzle manizzle

[@harem137]

best video ive seen in a long time!!!::

[@Ahhh_Perrrro]

11:45 Momo Face !!!!

[@BeautyandtheBolt]

Plot twist: I am momo.

[@KS-uv7yc]

Apologies for being blunt, but, wow, as if it were instead a challenge to find the most unimaginative, amateur hacks. Apart from Wesley Treat's glasses, these were so painful to watch.