Timbuck
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This is a little soprano I made a couple of years back..It was part of a batch of experimental uke's I built using the old traditional Island method with the mould on the inside like a violin build...Unfortunately the Guy who bought it had a bit of an accident with it and it got a crack in the top about 130mm long....He sent it back to me to see if I could fix it for him...When it arrived the crack was open about 1mm and would not pull together for gluing...So I put some soggy wet paper towell inside an open plastic bag and placed it inside the uke, covered over the sound hole and left it in the cold workshop for about 10 days to humidify...Today I looked at it again and the crack had closed right up tight so now I'm going to attempt a repair.....I'm using some magnets to hold the sides of the crack level and I'm going to use tight bond to glue it....I don't normally do repairs like this so any advice is welcome...(The wispy bit by the end of bridge is just a bit of fluff that fell on while I was taking the pic )
PICT0065 by Ken Timms, on Flickr
PICT0065 by Ken Timms, on Flickr
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