See the Morning Post The afternoon was cutting and glueing on what will become the headstock.  I built YAJ (yet another jig) to precisly cut a 15deg angle off the last 5" of the neck piece. [...]

See the Afternoon Post Today I added kerfing to the ukulele.  Kerfing adds surface area to the side/soundboard and side/bottom glue joints.  The kerfing I have is about 3/4" high.  Multiple by 2 and I'd [...]

Today was a day of a lot of work and so little to show for it.  :-? The neck has been on hold while waiting for a new saw blade with a Flat Top Grind (FTG) [...]

Finally back in the shop!  Between having family over for the Holidays and then immediately getting the flu, it's been a long time.  First up, prepping the body for kerfing.  Flatting the top is straight [...]

Just wanted to share how the final neck laminate turned out.  Usually a laminate like this is added after the neck scarf joint is cut, flipped over and glued (this will make more sense later).  By [...]

Another short day in the shop.  We decided to add a racing strip along the neck length.  Tried Koa but it just wasn't that interesting against the mahogany.  However, found a colorful piece of Lychee in the [...]

Just returned from CA and finally got back into the shop, at least for a few hours. Found a nice piece of Sapele Mahogany to prep the neck blank, ears, and the head & tail [...]

Day was all about prepping the top and bottom.  First step was to edge the book matched set for both the top and bottom using a simple jig.  Then glue-ups using my plate joining jig. [...]

Wow!  The bender works perfectly.  No more hot iron pipes for me  :-) !  On a pipe, I always had a bit of spring-back or I had issues with the two long edges not being [...]