Making an experimental musical instrument using the lathe as much as possible

I wanted to make an acoustic string instrument using woodturning techniques as much as I could. I made this instrument out of basswood and iroko wood.
Tools and materials I propose:
Lathe: amzn.to/2yq4bMI
Wood turning tools set: amzn.to/2pH5K59
Block plane: amzn.to/2RLiAMf
No4 hand plane: amzn.to/2CnmTrZ
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Round rasp: amzn.to/2A5EpPS
Coping saw: amzn.to/2A6wBNR
Heat gun: amzn.to/2Eg4Qok
Flat file: amzn.to/2RHIMHH
Rotary tool: amzn.to/2IKdUSS
Chisel set: amzn.to/2pILO1B
Forstner bit set: amzn.to/2A5NPLq
Bandsaw: amzn.to/2pHj49v
Mandolin tuning pegs: amzn.to/2XI7Fcp
Fret wire: amzn.to/2y9E0L4
Jointer planer: amzn.to/2IQZ3WR
Table saw: amzn.to/2RBf0nT
Belt sander: amzn.to/2QK0TeN
Cordless drill: amzn.to/2A6fTOy
Flush trim saw: amzn.to/2PnkoJM
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[@christofix]

Your not only a great woodworker but you can play music too!!! Asome build man, It was so nice to see how you did it! Great video !

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you very much

[@YoIgnacioG]

9:40 big spoon

[@discodevil4192]

big spoon

[@MoodyRiffs]

😂

[@gfrank8058]

Awesome skills, however I almost lost my left thumb. Cutting wood on my table saw, just as you were in the video. I got a kick back, it happened in a millisecond. My left thumb hit the moving blade. I had to call my wife home from work. She had to take my to the ER to have it stitched back together. The Dr. Said he sees several cases a month, where people have table saw accident. I have at least 30 plus years of wood working experience. It only takes once to have a accident. Plus you might consider removing your ring while using the lathe I have also heard of accidents where people have their fingers severed on the lathe while wareing rings. Be safe, think safety first. Happy wood working. 👍👍👍👍👍😁😁😁😁😁😎

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you I’ll keep your advice in mind

[@MountainHomeJerrel]

Channels like this are the REAL reason KZbin should exist. +1 subscriber.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@turnstyles7485]

Very nice, as a wood turner that was a project after my own heart. May I suggest that if you do a similar project in the future you could use the double stick tape you used on the sound board to stick two boards together, then turn the neck out of them. Then pull the boards apart like you did with the bridge. Then you will have two necks instead of one and a pile of plane shavings.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you. Yes that’s a really good idea

[@doctorzoidberg1715]

Dude its amazing to see you make instruments again! Can you do a balalaika? If it interests you. There is a pdf on how to make them out on the internet

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thanks I actually would like to make one! We'll see!

[@ΜιχάληςΤαρλαντέζος]

Κρητική λύρα αν μπορείς να κάνεις φίλε θα είσαι τέλειος. Το λέω γιατί στα βίντεο σου φενονται ξεκάθαρα τα βήματα για τις κατασκευές.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Θέλω να φτιάξω κάποια στιγμή. Αν και όταν ένα όργανο δεν ξέρεις να το παίζεις είναι λίγο δύσκολο να το φτιάξεις σωστά. Θα δούμε. Δε νιώθω έτοιμος ακόμη

[@judew.3624]

*sees six tuners before they get cut* “Don’t do that, don’t give me hope”

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Why not! Anyone can do it with a little patience.

[@MarkMcCluney]

Wonderful job mate and really entertaining vid. I love the sound of the instrument, so far away and evocative - the Greek version of the 'high, lonesome sound'! Didn't you make a thicknessing sander for the lathe a few years ago? You could have used the lathe another way there! Great job Dimitris, thanks mate.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thanks Mark. You are absolutely right, I forgot about the sander.

[@jollytreepin2168]

As always, a pleasure to see a master in action. Fantastic, thank you very much for sharing and inspiring us all Cheers

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you very much for the nice words!

[@tango-bravo]

Bravo 👏 an odd duck for sure, but it has a unique style. The only thing I’d recommend would be to have hollowed out the inner part of the bowl more, shooting for back and side thicknesses of no more than a 1/4”. Most mandolins that size have backs and sides that are 50% of that thickness, just by comparison.

[@RoseWoodWork]

It looked like it was a long process to create this instrument, but you have master it cause this is not the first time you do one of these!!! Awesome!!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you. It was indeed a long process

[@ΚΑΤΕΡΙΝΑΠΙΤΣΙΟΥ]

Τόσο καιρό μας κάνεις πολύ συμβατικά πράγματα καιρός ήταν να μας φτιάξεις κάτι και να πω την κλασική ατάκα , βρε τι κάνει ο παλαβός πάλι .!!!! Δεν έχω λόγια απίστευτο !!!!!!!!! Επίσης περιμένω όταν θα φύγεις για διακοπές το Λενάκι 3 και τον scrapy !!!!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

χαχαχα, ευχαριστώ Κατερίνα

[@Outlawdrummer]

Watching channels like Scrap Wood City definitely have made quarantine a lot more interesting

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Nice to hear that. Thank you

[@antoniotorres-gx1ny]

Χρυσά χέρια, καλές ιδέες και καλά εργαλεία !! Μπράβο Δημήτρη !

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Σε ευχαριστώ πολυ

[@yanns559]

I've been watching a few episodes of this series and it's very cool work. You could try starting from a calebasse (like the kind of dried pumpkin they use for African instruments), your instrument bodies already have this kind of look and you would get a thinner body without having to remove all this wood.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

I definitely want to try a pumpkin. I just didn't have the opportunity to get one so far.

[@yanns559]

@@ScrapwoodCity Cool! I'm thinking about trying smth myself and it looks like you can order it pretty easily, at least in Europe.

[@billsimoul5360]

Δημήτρη τι άλλο να σου πω ένα πανέμορφο μουσικό όργανο, θυμίζει μπαγλαμαδακι το οποίο λατρεύω (μπουζουκοβιος καταλαβαίνεις:)) Μια πρόταση για επομενο οργανακι...Ronroco....

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Ευχαριστώ πολύ. Δεν το ξέρω αυτό θα το ψάξω.

[@stefanosanagn9354]

Για άλλη μια φορά τέλειο project

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ

[@javilarg]

Great instrument with a great sound! 👍🏻

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@satacom6659]

Do you even have ears?

[@jonnyjones7689]

nice video. please more instruments

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@MarkMcCluney]

Jonny/trash builder _ have you checked SWC's back catalogue? He has made lots of instruments - I think you'd enjoy them!

[@dimipartcaster7770]

Well, the sound of the melody you played is very popular in my country. Greetings from Greece!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

χαχα και στη δική μου χώρα! Το σολάκι στο τέλος ήταν αυτοσχεδιασμός και όχι κάποιο συγκεκριμένο κομμάτι. Αλλά έχεις δίκιο ότι τέτοιες μελωδίες είναι πολύ κοντινές στα αυτιά μας.

[@despiado]

thank you really. i love that instrument videos. please share more. also i would like to see your solid body violin experiment. just a suggest ;)

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you. The violin is a good idea. I try to make more instruments when I can.

[@StanCrafted]

That was a lovely video, Dimitri. I have made a couple of cigar box guitars and strum sticks. I love making musical instruments, but I can only play two songs :-)

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you. I am really glad you liked it

[@cobberpete1]

Great as usual.. I thought for a while there you were going to get to the end of the video and not going to give it a play... And then you came through. Well done :)

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@vcmay626]

I wish my dad had seen this video before he passed. He had all of those tools.

[@SMee67]

Lengthy build, mate. 👏 Fantastic work, looks amazing. 👍

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@stevedahl3689]

Thumbs up! Awesome job!

[@vcmay626]

This is so cool!!!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@NotJustSawdust]

Great Project, good to see you make an instrument again! (oh, and I liked the filming of the turning where (because of the speed) it looked like the chisel was in the middle of nowhere!) All the best from Portugal!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you very much, greetings from Greece

[@TheWoodYogi]

Brilliant as usual :) ॐ

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@nikburton9264]

Great video Dimitri, I'm not a luther, or a musician, but watching your videos tempts me at time to try my hand at it. But then I realize once again, that except for a mean stereo, I can't make music to save my life. A kazoo is more my speed, lol!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

lol, you should try it out! Thanks for the nice words!

[@JBSlickflyer]

I thought the same thing, until about 5 years ago. Over 50 instruments later, I still don't play the best, but I enjoy building. The best part is the look on someone's face when I hand them their new instrument.

Excelente canal Top Tamo Junto e Misturado acabou de ganhar mais um super escrito no seu canal Top

[@mano1296]

Simply amazing man keep creating

[@EduardoTorresDeMadera]

Indeed a great project with many woodworking techniques. Congrats for a job well done. Keep it up!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you very much!

[@Hans_Weber]

that is like a mandolin

[@panoskr4538]

περιμενα πολυ καιρο να δω ενα οργανο!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Είναι πολύ πολύπλοκες οι κατασκευές οργάνων οπότε τις κάνω όποτε μπορώ και έχω έμπνευση!

[@panoskr4538]

@@ScrapwoodCity σωστά απλά εγω πεθύμησα ένα οργανακι

[@nicj7021]

You are so bloody talented

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@cyyxc]

Very nice!

[@07021584]

Δημήτρη Μπράβο πολύ όμορφο ξανα!!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ

[@PanosS56E]

Τυφλα να χει ο Ακης Πανου!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

χαχαχαχα

[@sot11cat]

Λοιπόν, πολύ ωραιος! Δυο μικρες συμβουλές μόνο: 1. Το καπάκι έπρεπε να είχε τα πυκνά νερα στο κέντρο, όποτε μάλλον έπρεπε να το έκοβες στη μέση και να το έκανες διπλό (κι ας μην ήταν σκριβως «book matched”). 2. Το μανίκι καλυτερα να ήταν «πρόσωπο» με το καπάκι κι όχι με το σκάφος, για να μην χρειάζεσαι εγκοπή στην ταστιερα.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Σε ευχαριστώ για τις παρατηρήσεις

[@sot11cat]

@@ScrapwoodCity Παρακαλώ! Εισαι μεγάλο μαστορι γενικώς! Μπράβο σου! Και για τις κατασκευές και για την αισθητική σου και την ποιότητα των βίντεο! Ανταγωνίζεσαι δυνατά μεγάλα κανάλια wood-metal-working! Σου εύχομαι να περάσεις τον DiResta!

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Nice little musical instrument Friend! Thanks for sharing the video.👌👍😎JP

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you JP

[@IEnjoyCreatingVideos]

Your very welcome Friend! Have a great week! 😎

[@mohammedabenourseddiki6860]

the fretboard is T H I C C

[@JustaMallard]

7:35 is that blood on the workbench?

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Nop. It's paint!

[@steventanner1428]

It's beautiful. The back and sides are too thick. I know you wanted to use the lathe and it is hard to get it thinner on the lathe.

[@eddyyu7091]

This seems to be the longest video you've ever put here but another work of art arose. Nice job, sir !

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you! I think this and my cigar box guitar are my longest videos!

[@manuelgarciafranco]

Muy bonita guitarrita y curioso su sonido. Saludos.

[@aslisundawelder]

Kreatip👍👍👍👍👍😎🇮🇩

[@StuffUCanMake]

This is super awesome!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@gogotrololo]

hahahahaha this thing sounds sweet! I love it

[@elenin.3228]

Well done and thank you! (For the music, too!)

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@yusufay21]

I watching the first

[@ScrapwoodCity]

lol, thanks

[@hassanal-mosawi6049]

Thanks for showing how and sharing that, art work

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you very much

[@brianharris7243]

Superb-I love your instrument makes-gives me lots of ideas.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@sixties00]

Ωραίος ρε

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Σ’ευχαριστώ.

[@immortal9186]

Beautiful work as usual Can you build a flat back electric oud it would be great to learn from you

[@ScrapwoodCity]

We'll see! it's a good idea! I love oud!

[@immortal9186]

@@ScrapwoodCity Thank u,

[@cleomenesromero4134]

Great video, thanks !

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@tristainevans1839]

Absolutely stunning work! It sounds great too! 😀

[@harmsysbasement6249]

You missed a chance to use the lathe to make violin-style friction pegs.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Lol, I guess I did

[@solderjoint13]

I take it you like the Fallout series? I swear I heard the slide change sound that you hear at the load screen of Fallout 3. Nice!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Lol, actually I don’t know what this is

[@Zegezer]

What about make, Caucasian Phandar? I think you can do it (because you made so good instruments)

[@ScrapwoodCity]

I'll do my research! ;)

[@DeanMakes]

That was brilliant, sounded really good too!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@curlitogr]

Looks and sounds beautiful!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@IrishChippy]

I have an American friend over here who makes fine musical instruments. Expat Luthier in the Philippines

[@MoodyRiffs]

What is the tuning of the instrument ?

[@erhancosar8165]

Efsane beateful

[@k-makesomething]

This is awesome.

[@justzephan2267]

So it’s like a lute mixed with a ukulele

[@ampulist]

Ουγγρικός τρόπος τσιγγάνων :D

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Σωστόοος! Αλλά για εμάς εδώ νιαβιέντ! Η 5ος τρόπος της αρμονικής μινόρε με κάποια "πειράγματα"! Όπως το πάρει κανείς!

[@nathanolsonunfortunately2487]

You should try to make a bass banjo

[@zookster4701]

I believe you've just made a cool looking Ukelele ., What do you think ?

[@ScrapwoodCity]

I would call it bouzoukelele

[@Танюша-с8х]

Так и хочется повторить! Особенно сейчас, длинными зимними вечерами. К сожалению, пока не достроена мастерская и вечера приходится работать в городской квартире.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Awesome! My first workshop was actually my kitchen! Keep it up!

[@Танюша-с8х]

@@ScrapwoodCity нет, не получится. Слишком мало места . Дождусь лета, дострою мастерскую, заведу отопление, и тогда уже...удачи.

[@DAVID-hr8ii]

Mandolele

[@maderhisteria]

Yeah! nice video! and nice "guitalele"!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@curvingfyre6810]

'as much as possible', I don't see a fully bowed lute-style back on that bih, so minus points

[@olivecool]

how satisfying is using the lathe

[@VitorHugo-mf7ty]

God

[@olivecool]

what strings did you use?

[@redslasher8065]

Can you please make a pipa?!?! I would like to know how you would make it.

[@stef_vll]

That's a bouzouki

[@farazzaidi944]

Is that a blood stain by the sander?

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Lol, fortunately no, it’s just dye

[@joewalsh8217]

With a 20 min video it woulda been nice to have a demo longer than 20 seconds

[@GlavRbIBa]

That's what I'm like it.

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@wolfram9888]

i need more handmade guitars

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Who doesn't! lol

[@olivecool]

why is this so cool

[@jordangulley8985]

How would you go about making a wind instrument like a flute or sax out of wood?

[@merontfeelta2557]

Super GooD)))))))

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@olivecool]

i wish i had tools to do woodworking like this but im very weak and probably couldn't use a saw very well

[@allowisousblind6801]

Strength is a slow gain, small steps can help you gain strength, know how, and ability. 👍You got dis if you want it

[@maykondouglas2001]

Can you make a Mandolin, with 'S' in the Body?

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Perhaps in future!

[@willybee3056]

Wow,,, to the max...😆

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@greenatom]

Really nice!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

thank you

[@aleatronic7845]

Great!!!!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@alfanjanti4913]

Mantap lurrr😊

[@МихаилПапуша-э9э]

Впервые вижу четырехструнную домбру

[@lenisrousaruisteein8844]

Eres un maestro

[@joselopez-marin5814]

Spoon guitar

[@bottomfeederbluescbgs4132]

Make a lapsteel next!

[@ScrapwoodCity]

I have already made one, but I will make another one in future.

[@bottomfeederbluescbgs4132]

Yaaaassssss

[@ВладимирБогомолов-ь8я]

А джентанет она?

[@sapelesteve]

You never cease to amaze, that was an awesome instrument build! And it also played well...... :)

[@ScrapwoodCity]

Thank you

[@ThoughtThinkerTomas]

lots of very dangerous things were done here, next time check should or should not do with lathes or surface planers

[@ScrapwoodCity]

I try to get the job done! Sometimes it is risky!

[@ThoughtThinkerTomas]

@@ScrapwoodCity a lot of people say the same, but then regret it when they lose members... heed good advice.