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WHAT A PRODUCTIVE DAY

10/30/2020

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I found a huge and lovely board  of Honduran Mahogany in the wood store today.  2 inches thick, eleven inches wide and perhaps 12 feet long.  I could not resist and purchased 64 inches of it.  Brought it home, cut it into 16 inch lengths and began making necks for future tenors.  a big job but lots of fun and satisfaction.
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 I was able to rip each piece into four neck blanks.  Here I am just beginning the first cut.  I am using a 1/2 inch blade on the band saw.
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Each blank is 2 3/4 inches wide, the width of the head stock on the completed uke. but I must cut the shape on the two inch side.  I use a trusty old acrylic pattern that I have used for years.
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Here they all are, marked with pencil and ready to saw.  I changed to a 1/4 inch 6 tooth blade to be able to make the tight curves at the throat.
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Here is the goal.  I nice husky neck with just one glue lamination piece.  The 6 tooth blade cut the wood like butter and I got excellent 90 degree results.
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Seven more to cut, then lots of gluing on the feet and I will have a years supply of tenor necks stacked up and ready when I need them.  Very pleased with the quality of the wood.  A good find.
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I also had the fretboards now glued on #s 144 & 145, so it was time to shape the necks.

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The unshaped neck is always wider than the fretboard.  This Japanese rasp makes short work of getting the excess wood down close.
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Then a finer rasp brings it even closer.  The final shaping will be done with scraper and sandpaper.

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Next will be to add the peg head plate and then the neck can receive it's final shaping
It has been quite a day in the workshop
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