Dougf
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After taking Rick Turner's class last October, I was inspired to build another ukulele completely from scratch, using wood obtained entirely from my property in the Sierra foothills. The fingerboard, bridge, headstock veneer, and back are all manzanita. The top and sides are MacNab cypress, and the neck is pacific madrone. Here are a few shots.
I milled most of the manzanita and MacNab cypress using the jointer, band saw, and thickness planer at The Crucible while taking Rick's class. The bookmatch manzanita for the back was milled by David Borson of Precision Resaw. Most of the other tools I used are shown here:
Here's a video of me bragging about it, along with a little test drive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BvHJwmBno4
I milled most of the manzanita and MacNab cypress using the jointer, band saw, and thickness planer at The Crucible while taking Rick's class. The bookmatch manzanita for the back was milled by David Borson of Precision Resaw. Most of the other tools I used are shown here:
Here's a video of me bragging about it, along with a little test drive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BvHJwmBno4