DIY’s Handmade Music continues with creation of a great custom mandolin. Our master luthier Lynn Dudenbostel glues the top and the back to the sides, and then he adds binding to complete the body. Viewers also discover the initial steps of building a mandolin's neck. The focus of the episode features the intricate work required to form the most distinctive characteristic of a classic F-5 mandolin. It's the swirling scroll -- and it is not easy to replicate. Lynn breaks out nearly every tool to complete the scroll with style. Inspired by craftsmanship of master luthiers from the past, Lynn finishes the mandolin body with celluloid binding added to its perimeter. This episode completes the body (minus the finish) and then shifts gears to begin work on the mandolin's neck -- carved from a four-by-four block of curly maple. Lynn strays a bit from the traditional course by using cocobolo for many of the neck’s details including the fingerboard and peg head veneer. (Most vintage mandolins have ebony fingerboards). This show also veers from the construction of a custom mandolin with some information on repair of a cherished antique mandolin. The episode concludes with viewers treated to more great bluegrass music with Andy Leftwich and other members of Kentucky Thunder.