A friend gave me this mandolin with the head broken off and hanging from the plastic truss rod cover. I wish I had taken a photo of it completely separated, but I did not get that done.I glued and clamped it for 24 hours then cut the head stock shorter -thinking that it would hold together better with 4 strings rather than 8. You can see that crack in the head stock close up.It came out pretty good. I was a cheap ass and reused the strings. Hey, the glue might not have held.Maybe someday when I put on new strings, I will sand down the head stock and improve the close up looks of it. Meanwhile, keep your social distance and it looks great.
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Nice! Like my Dad always said "looks good from the road"
Nice save Uncle.