Timbuck
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Made to measure by 3D printing.I like those clamps!
23DEFD66-E1EF-4D76-80F0-BD159C352024 by Ken Timms,
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Made to measure by 3D printing.I like those clamps!
A demo of a semi medieval themed uke. Lots of decorative features. Citole, sheild shaped body, fleur-de-lis finials, customised initials and fleur-de-lis on the headstock. Tree of life sound hole. Soundboard from an old pine lining board, possibly hoop or bunya pine showing interesting chatoyance where the colour changes depending on the angle of view and light. The photos show the darker side swapping over depending upon the angle. Back and neck of Tasmanian (?) blackwood recycled from my old kitchen cupboard doors, spotted gum fretboard, position markers of abalone shell.
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Templates and two in progress instruments for a new tenor design I'm working on - one solid body version and one semi hollow.
Very nice. That must make it so much easier cutting out the actual wood. I've never used a template because I don't make the same kind more than once.
Several years ago my father gave me a couple chunks of a walnut tree that grew on my grandparent's property. It was cut down more than 30 years ago. The pieces are too short to make the usual length sides even for a soprano ukulele. I decided to make three piece sides with a short filler piece like this, and so far I'm happy with the results. The walnut does not have any fancy grain but it's starting to look nice even with only the first wash coat of shellac.
The latest set of 3.
Baritone in quilted maple, curly redwood top, koa binding and headplate, macassar ebony fingerboard and bridge, scoop in redwood burl
Tenor (for a rising star singer/songwriter friend) in Pennsylvania black walnut, curly redwood top, Richlite headplate, fingerboard and bridge, Philadelphia skyline inlays, scoop in redwood burl, arm bevel.
Soprano in quilted maple, Pennsylvania aromatic cedar top, casuarina fingerboard and bridge, custom moon and stars inlays.
Welll if it looks like a boat paddle, and is shaped like a boat paddle........This uke will be both a ukulele and a flyswatter.