Building a better world, uke by uke.
This is my building diary. I build ukuleles in my apartment workshop. I try to label the posts, so if you're interested in anything in particular you might find it by clicking the labels.
Feel free to contact me if there is anything you want to ask, or even better; tell me.
Although every step takes about the same amount of time as before, my experience allows me to cut down the idle time in between. So I hesitate a lot less.
4 comments:
hillfield
said...
thank skunk stripe nexk looks beautiful... is that black walnut? if so I'm excited, cos that what I'm going to attack next when I've got the zebrawood box built...
Yup I think it is black walnut, easy to carve and easy to bend. Skunk stripe is maple, for strength and width. My walnut was a bit thin so I couldn't get a one piece neck.
Just started with the oil, but have to decide whether or not a faceplate should go on the headstock.
4 comments:
thank skunk stripe nexk looks beautiful... is that black walnut? if so I'm excited, cos that what I'm going to attack next when I've got the zebrawood box built...
Yup I think it is black walnut, easy to carve and easy to bend. Skunk stripe is maple, for strength and width. My walnut was a bit thin so I couldn't get a one piece neck.
Just started with the oil, but have to decide whether or not a faceplate should go on the headstock.
if you could get away with it, I'd keep the stripe - it's most elegant...
what oils are you using on it?
It's an oil called Le Tonkinois, with Tung and linseed oils I think.
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