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Showing posts with label All mahogany sops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label All mahogany sops. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

New ukes started

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more.  Or as we say more often: hiya. The itch is coming back and it can’t all be ticks can it...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Vacation works

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In the cottage, in the middle of the vacation, we find the old book press and the wannabe luthier eager for some action. I've shown this...
Monday, July 6, 2015

Oil finish, and a total recall step by step

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I'd put on a few coats of Tru oil on this mahogany soprano, but I wasn't 100 percent pleased with the surface. Maybe I should have s...
Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Oil finish, again

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July is traditionally the slowest month on this wee blog, but we get off to a good start with the post I forgot to make yesterday. The secon...
Monday, June 22, 2015

A quick report before bailing out

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You're not supposed to complain about your day job, I know. But sometimes I whine a bit. Today I leave for Buenos Aires to work for a w...
Monday, June 15, 2015

Carving a mahogany neck

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Carving necks - my favourite part of building. You can use all manners of methods for shaping necks and which tools you use to remove wood w...
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Demo of two new ukes

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Will it show up? Will it move..? If it does, well then here is a rough video where I sound a bit like a bad guy in a WWII movie. I'll ...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

Saddle of bone

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Yesterday I took a great, and as it turned out the final, leap forward. Both the reso and the all mahogany soprano are  finished and  strung...
Thursday, May 28, 2015

On the subject of pores

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I'm on the fence about going for a flat shiny finish, or a shiny finish with semi filled pores. A flat finish could quite easily be achi...
Saturday, May 23, 2015

Finishing

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Sorry for not posting, the day job's been intense. Here's a report on the finishing procedure.  As you might remember, I now give my...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Fretting and glueing fretboards

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The all mahogany soprano doesn't get a fancy inlay. It's destined for the raffle at Hollesley (inshallah) so I lack a name of the fu...
Friday, May 8, 2015

Fretboard report

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A shorter than usual post, just a pic of the slotted and tapered fretboards for Simon's reso and the raffle soprano. 
Friday, April 24, 2015

Making solid linings

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Of course I could have made kerfed lining strips from the board I'm using, but solid linings are pretty cool and I have them on my numbe...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Single plank ukuleles

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Ye olde mahogany that I resawed a couple of weeks ago will make a couple of sopranos first. In the spirit of old number one they will be mad...