Harold O.
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The plan was to build one uke from a complete kit (Stew-Mac) another from a kit that required bending the sides (Hana-Lima), then another from scratch applying the lessons learned.
About a year or so ago I built a Stew-Mac kit. http://www.westhillswood.com/ukulele-build.html My Hana-Lima kit has been sitting in the shop for about year, right next to the solid walnut pieces I cut for a scratch build.
What got in my way was a project so large that it occupied valuable garage space for the past year. I actually prefer to park my cars in the garage, so I've been busy working on this: http://www.westhillswood.com/art-deco-furniture.html Also take a look at the restoration process to see how far gone these were. You may come away figuring I was pretty far gone to have accepted them in the first place. They are 1946 vintage Fletcher Aviation desks. Ukulele building takes up much less space.
The desks are done. One has sold. As soon as my honey-do list gets manageable, it'll be back to the ukes. By now I've probably forgotten too much to work efficiently. But I'll get it. And I expect to get Rick Turner to come down for an instrument building class in the Spring.
Here's a photo:
About a year or so ago I built a Stew-Mac kit. http://www.westhillswood.com/ukulele-build.html My Hana-Lima kit has been sitting in the shop for about year, right next to the solid walnut pieces I cut for a scratch build.
What got in my way was a project so large that it occupied valuable garage space for the past year. I actually prefer to park my cars in the garage, so I've been busy working on this: http://www.westhillswood.com/art-deco-furniture.html Also take a look at the restoration process to see how far gone these were. You may come away figuring I was pretty far gone to have accepted them in the first place. They are 1946 vintage Fletcher Aviation desks. Ukulele building takes up much less space.
The desks are done. One has sold. As soon as my honey-do list gets manageable, it'll be back to the ukes. By now I've probably forgotten too much to work efficiently. But I'll get it. And I expect to get Rick Turner to come down for an instrument building class in the Spring.
Here's a photo:
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