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CHOICES

8/21/2021

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I was given some delicious Alaska Cedar that I will use for necks-but how do I cut it.  Making the cuts on good wood is always a difficult choice.

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If I want a neck without a glued part I can get only one neck out of this lovely quarter sawn wood. A terrible waste of great wood.
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But I can get three necks out of this piece if I am willing to have a glue joint.
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If you match the wood well and glue together perfectly flat surfaces the joint is almost invisible,
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So here are the first three necks.
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The choices really get tough when you must cut ukulele shapes out of beautiful and rare wood like this.

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Here is just one way it could be done,  How would you do it?
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