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I just upgraded this by fitting a new vertical slide and Kress Router.
See video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilFbNdyw-9k

Just a quick video on how I fixed a dent on a uke top...Caused by a clamp slipping during a dovetail neck joint glue job.
Don't take the end bit too seriously we were only acting about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACsFVFytdVM

Got an iPad 4...better resolution than the iPad 2..so I made a video
showing Mrs Timbuck reshaping some tuner buttons in the lathe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RXTg0FrSn8

I was fitting some geared chinese type Kluson tuners to my cheap guitar project..I did it by eye and the result was not very good they just didn't look right..It's the first time I've done this on a new guitar neck...So I made up a simple device to hold the tuners in line while I re-drilled the pilo...

I bought this cheap bending iron on ebay £19 inc: free postage from China to UK...took the regulator from an old cooker..and a cheap digital thermometer and put them all together. I had to remove the 2 core power chord and fit a 3 core with an earth for safety..and I drilled a small deep hole into t...

I usualy do this job with an indexing device on the bandsaw but I have worn out the blade I normaly use..and I can't source another blade of the correct thickness...so I made this simple jig and it does the job just fine.


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Top job! I kept expecting a Kevin McCloud voiceover. The uke at the end,Yew? No it isn't "Yew" it's a rare wood found in the North of England known as "Barnsley Koa" :D you can read all about it here. http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?46202-Something-I-ve-been-wanting-to-do&hig...

Over the years suffering with accute TAS.. I've aquired so much equipment and tools that I have had to extend the workshop again..16 years ago I started off with 100 sq ft, then extended it to 180 sq ft in 2003..and now I've added another 100 sq ft...but I had to have a large tree removed first befo...

Just a quick vid...on how I profile the heel radius when making a batch of necks..this gives me a good form to work to when hand finishing with rasp.
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This latest batch is Indian Rosewood..but I also use Ebony

Then the router is set up with a radius cutter.

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/shiregreenbod/Chamfer%20jig/PICT0018_zps4545f46e.jpg The Guys and Gal's at Martin used to do this job by hand and eye on style O sopranos..which proberbly explains why there are so many odd shaped fretboard ends out there:)..I found it difficult to get a con...

The trick is to place a piece of tight fitting rubber tube on the screw to keep the assembly together in position.

Just a Little Demo of how i've speeded up the clamping time on my new mould..by using the slotted clamps.


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I'm so pleased with this little device that I made a little video of it in use.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y684lferJ6Q

I realised that ive been struggling when working on the Uke ends before the plates go on ...so I made this simple jig to hold the job steady :) http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/shiregreenbod/PICT0021-3_zps030dac2d.jpg http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc143/shiregreenbod/PICT0012-9_zps24998...

I really like that set up...it's accurate, just one step away from CNC..and can handle any scale

Some builder is about to get nuked

You place the top caul on the bridge turn the knurled knob...and the lower caul rises up to the bridge plate.
I made this one for Pete Howlett...but I don't know if he uses it

This is my Soprano bridge clamp.

just go on google images....type in "ken timms ukulele" and you'll see a load of e'm

Welcome to the Forum Ken. As an engineer, I can see the problem with you Uke-O-Matic right off the bat, your dongle whatsit is way too tight and it's causing the flange-ama-thingy to crimple the blogit. Oh and for health and safety regs you might want to think of putting a guard around that vee bel...

Hi All, Ken has saved my bacon recently :cl :cl , I had a catasrophic failure of my Jet 10-20 drum sander after only 18 months, Jet Australia were no help other than offering to sell me $300 worth of Parts with no guarentee it would not happen again ,a quick search led me to Ken who had solved the ...

Thanks for great welcome Lads..just put a smile on your faces, Here is an invention I designed in 2009 but up to now I've not managed to get it up and running ..Still a few gremlins to sort out.