The Concert Pinecones have been really popular. I need to have a few in inventory so- here we go again
I had to go to my storage unit to pick up this lovely hunk of walnut, almost the last piece of the great tree I have been storing and using for 35 years. I have one big plank left about five feet long, then I am going to have to search for neck wood for the pinecones.
Here it goes through the bandsaw getting cut into more manageable sizes and then into necks. Don't distress yourselves all you wood lovers. I will not be wasting the scraps. I carefully save them for under the bridge braces, butt plates and other things. This is lovely walnut and I have quite a bit sliced up for backs and sides of tenors, pre cut tenor and baritone necks etc, so I won't be out of walnut for a long time, Maybe ever.
Here is the net product, seven necks for seven Concert Pinecones. I will use three of them with this build and set five aside.
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I ripped up some nice tiger striped maple into 1 1/4 inch stock and now I am cutting the angle. These uke sides are 1 inch at the neck and 1 1/4 at the center and they bend around the entire uke from neck to neck. The picture on the right shows the end of the second cut being completed. Now it tapers to both ends. Notice that I have lengthened the reach of the hold down clamps by simply putting a small piece of wood under the rubber knob. It works fine and is necessary on these very narrow sides.
I had three maple backs stacked away that I had cut some time ago, also cut three nice Englemann Spruce tops, so now I can begin the build.
I had three maple backs stacked away that I had cut some time ago, also cut three nice Englemann Spruce tops, so now I can begin the build.
