The playing wasn't so great but the sunset was spectacular. I love sitting outside on these warm summer evenings and playing the ukulele as the sun goes down.
I have made a good start on number 98 this weekend. This will be another Cocobolo/Cedar tenor. Most of the parts are now assembled, and I lined them up here for you to see. The spruce braces and tone bars are at the bottom of the picture beside the "under the rosette" brace. Next the sides , cut and thinned ready to bend,
Next is the Honduran Mahogany neck, marked and ready to take to the bandsaw. The railroad track is holding down the drying rosette which I got installed today and glued in with hide glue.
Finally, under the bag of lead shot is the back which I had in clamps for a couple hours, thought I would just leave it over night before working farther on it.
Next is the Honduran Mahogany neck, marked and ready to take to the bandsaw. The railroad track is holding down the drying rosette which I got installed today and glued in with hide glue.
Finally, under the bag of lead shot is the back which I had in clamps for a couple hours, thought I would just leave it over night before working farther on it.
I took a shot of the Cocobolo back before I glued it up and put in clamps. This beautiful wood is extremely dense, hard and oily. I will glue a supporting strip of cross grain ebony veneer over the back joint.