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DUNG BEETLES ??????

12/4/2020

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The life of a luthier is never dull nor predictable.  First Stu Fuchs wanted a Yin/Yang on his fret board, then Tony Winter asked for a beaver - but who would have ever expected a Dung Beetle.  Well P.J. in Edmonton Alberta is apparently a Coleopterist (beetle student) and she wanted a Dung Beetle on her Concert Pinecone that I am building.
It was  off to Bay Engraving and my friend Kurt DenAdel.


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Kurt has never failed me.  I delivered the image of a Dung Beetle and with his remarkable laser skills he produced this remarkable incision of the beetle.
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We decided that rather than trying to cut an ebony piece to inlay, it would best be done with black tinted epoxy.  to determine the best epoxy to use I tried three products.
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carefully weighing the two parts of each to get an accurate and effective one to one mix.
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and here is the result.  This epoxy will take 24 hours to harden completely but when it does I will sand it to the radius curve of the fretboard and the delicate feather edges of the legs should be defined.  P.J will have her Dung Beetle.  
This will be a unique ukulele.

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1 Comment
PJ
12/5/2020 11:41:15 am

splendid!

look at those beetly legs!

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