It's my first attempt with limited tools and experience. What can I do to improve on them?
These were both built following the Hana Lima construction manual. I had a problem with the tail blocks bulging out the sound boards (which were originally douglas fir) as the sides shrunk, but the tail blocks (long grain front to back) did not. I removed the fret boards and sound boards, chiseled out the tail blocks and replaced them with blocks with the grain running the other way. While I had the fret boards off, I added carbon fiber rods.
The maple ukulele is birds eye maple and pau rosa. The walnut is walnut, figured maple, pau rosa, and lutz spruce.
Finish is shellac, french polished, although I have to confess to cheating a bit with the final spiriting off part and using Meguiars mirror glaze.
Okay, New Guy, I just figured out the next post will have the pictures of the walnut one. I think.
These were both built following the Hana Lima construction manual. I had a problem with the tail blocks bulging out the sound boards (which were originally douglas fir) as the sides shrunk, but the tail blocks (long grain front to back) did not. I removed the fret boards and sound boards, chiseled out the tail blocks and replaced them with blocks with the grain running the other way. While I had the fret boards off, I added carbon fiber rods.
The maple ukulele is birds eye maple and pau rosa. The walnut is walnut, figured maple, pau rosa, and lutz spruce.
Finish is shellac, french polished, although I have to confess to cheating a bit with the final spiriting off part and using Meguiars mirror glaze.
Okay, New Guy, I just figured out the next post will have the pictures of the walnut one. I think.