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THICKNESS SANDING COMPLETED

4/9/2019

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It takes a bit of time, but all of the pieces are now sanded down to their final thickness.  The sides, ready to bend, the backs ready to resonate and receive their braces..  I first sand them down with coarse sand paper, then change to finer grit for the finish.  The finer the grit, the longer it takes .
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I am very pleased with the Bubinga back for the tenor.  I really could not find where the glued center joint was even when using a 10 power glass.  That was a great glue joint.
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'What a fascinating and intricate piece of East Indian Rosewood for the Baritone back.  This will be truly amazing when finished.  You can stare into its depths for hours, and see a thousand images.
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I took a phone call today and sat at the extreme south end of the workshop as I talked.  'though it was a different view that you might enjoy.  Here are two of the sanders,
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The band saw and table saw, with the wood lathe behind.  The walls are adorned with my reject water color paintings and various curiosities and past projects;
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Here is the work table and the long workbench stuffed with the tools collected over a lifetime.
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And finally, the drill press and a cut off saw.  A fun and effective workshop containing lots of memories.
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Carolyn
4/15/2019 04:29:46 am

Brian, Nice photos of your workshop. I was glad to see your music stand there too set up and ready to go. Glad you get some playing in among all the ukulele making.

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Tony Turley
4/15/2019 08:24:42 am

I love that shop, Brian. If it was mine everything would be covered in a fine layer of sawdust . . . I seem to battle with the stuff constantly, although the new dust collector I recently bought has helped with that. I also like that uke body mold. I'm about the start building the body on my Kasha tenor, and I just happen to have some MDF laying around.

That uke collection you show hanging from the ceiling looks nice. Mine just grew by one, as I came across what appears to be a Gretsch factory prototype that never made it into production. Now that I'm into the building of ukes, I wasn't going to buy any more, but this one is unique - a multi-scale fan fret tenor. The price was right, so it's on its way to me now. Should be an interesting addition to my own little collection.

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