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Col
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- Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: OM Cutaway
- Replies: 20
- Views: 29666
- Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:57 am
- Forum: Jigs & Fixtures
- Topic: Various jigs
- Replies: 5
- Views: 22439
Re: Various jigs
Some good work there, I had never thought about using a strip heater as a heat source, makes perfect sense really.
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Col
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Col
- Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:51 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Concert uke and cajon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5638
Re: Concert uke and cajon
They look great, I especially like that Cajon, it looks really stylish.
Col
Col
- Sun Dec 14, 2014 9:43 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: student update
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9374
- Thu Dec 04, 2014 6:36 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: uke builds two, three and four
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12675
Re: uke builds two, three and four
charangohabsburg wrote:Great work Col, these are some beautiful ukes!
Did you do the ebonising of those bindings? If so, which method did you apply?
Thanks and I did ebonise them myself using the usual technique of steel wool and vinegar - they only took a few hours to go that colour.
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Col
- Tue Dec 02, 2014 10:55 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Uke Building Process
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6221
Re: Uke Building Process
Hi guys, Just wondering what your process is for building a uke? I searched the forum and and it looks like a lot of guys use a solera and a Spanish heal. I was thinking that I would do it the same way I build a guitar, with outside mould, radius dishes and a bolt on MT neck. Can you see any potent...
- Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:06 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: uke builds two, three and four
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12675
Re: uke builds two, three and four
Thanks - I was just playing them this morning and the fir definitely sounds better than the blackwood, it is louder and has more sustain.johnparchem wrote:Great looking set of ukuleles. How does the fir top sound compare to the blackwood?
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Col
- Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:39 am
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: uke builds two, three and four
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12675
Re: uke builds two, three and four
Hi Col, They all look good! What is the fingerboard timber on the all blackwood one? Thanks, GregL. I think it might be Wandoo, I bought it ages ago from TimS, and am not positive. Nice looking little ukes Col, That tru oil finish is magnificent (pic 2 and 3) You must know something I don't in rela...
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 2:57 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Blackwood 12 String
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11687
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 2:55 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: uke build
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11687
Re: uke build
I thought they must have been placed there because of borers or something - novel way of covering them up.
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Col
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Col
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: uke builds two, three and four
- Replies: 11
- Views: 12675
uke builds two, three and four
Hi all It has been a while between drinks, in fact over a year since I posted my first build. I managed to get into the shed and build these 3, one after the other. I made so many mistakes on each of them, I wouldn't be able to list them all, but came up with fixes. The mistakes will be obvious to y...
- Sun Nov 30, 2014 1:44 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: uke build
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11687
Re: uke build
Looking good Greg, you learn a lot building from scratch. Can I ask what the go is with the back and the abalone dots, I've not seen that before. Also, what strings did you use and how does it sound?
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Col
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Col
- Fri Nov 28, 2014 5:23 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Johns biscuit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8156
Re: Johns biscuit
Thanks for the heads up on the embossed lid, I will definitely make one with a flat lid. There are plenty of biscuit tins around at this time of year, so shouldn't be too hard to find one.
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Col
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Col
- Fri Nov 28, 2014 12:47 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Johns biscuit
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8156
- Thu Oct 23, 2014 12:55 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Thinning boards
- Replies: 33
- Views: 39317
Re: Thinning boards
Get yourself a drum sander for sure if you are going to continue. I made one, but you have to feed the boards by hand, and if you are not careful you can scallop them, so I will eventually buy an automatic one. I would also definitely get a quality hand plane, I use it all the time and it was the si...
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 6:16 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Is kickback an issue with miniature tablesaws? (100-250W)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 22257
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:41 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Is kickback an issue with miniature tablesaws? (100-250W)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 22257
Re: Is kickback an issue with miniature tablesaws? (100-250W
I use frozen hot dogs as push sticks, they fit in my hand comfortably.
Col
Col
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:58 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Is kickback an issue with miniature tablesaws? (100-250W)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 22257
Re: Is kickback an issue with miniature tablesaws? (100-250W
Hey
Scares the shit out of you when it happens, and you only do it once. Same goes for the router table, damn near took my thumb off last weekend, I was lucky it only routed my thumbnail off.
Col
Scares the shit out of you when it happens, and you only do it once. Same goes for the router table, damn near took my thumb off last weekend, I was lucky it only routed my thumbnail off.
Col
- Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:27 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: A bit of fun
- Replies: 27
- Views: 25237
- Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:06 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Build thread - Blackwood & Bunya Dreadnought
- Replies: 232
- Views: 173313
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Latest OM in Mahogany #9
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6670
Re: Latest OM in Mahogany #9
Beautiful, fantastic skills and workmanship on that, love it.
Col
Col
- Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:51 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: 10 String Lapsteel - New Yorker Style
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13100
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 4:49 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Build thread - Blackwood & Bunya Dreadnought
- Replies: 232
- Views: 173313
Re: Build thread - Blackwood & Bunya Dreadnought
Oxalic acid works in no time, you will be right.
Col
Col
- Thu Aug 21, 2014 12:51 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Build thread - Blackwood & Bunya Dreadnought
- Replies: 232
- Views: 173313
Re: Build thread - Blackwood & Bunya Dreadnought
I was curious whether the "bake" stage was really worth the effort, so I did a test with these two pieces using up the last of the flat sawn test pieces is cut Neither were put into a form, one was baked for the recommended 15 minutes and the other pulled straight out. Both were sat on a flat bench...
- Mon Aug 18, 2014 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Gallery
- Topic: Tenor Number 3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5292