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i’m really enjoying my cnc for inlay work. i would like to step it up and learn some 3d skills for the cnc though. one day.

we did end up getting a photo where we moved over a bit. if you have a free moment check out the local news article about this uke here: https://www.petaluma360.com/article/entertainment/petaluma-friends-collaborate-on-rainbow-dragon-ukulele/

this week i finally learned how to play the duck song which i got to perform at my little one’s preschool. it was almost two funny as the kids were scream laughing and waddling around the classroom. also i finished up an ‘ukulele that was in collaboration with an artist friend of mine. this uke...

here’s what it looks like when a photographer is trying to get some shots for an article in the local paper about the ‘ukulele you are donating to a school auction and your kid is also learning how to swing really high.

What a stunner!!!!

The last house i lived in years ago (northern california) had a huge beautiful living room window that got the afternoon sunlight (i didn’t have any curtains or sheers). i had ukes in that room briefly hung up on a wall that never got the direct sunlight. 2 of those ukes started to show signs of...

jeepers found this cut in the bag the other day! caught it early thanks to this thread.

oh thanks! it’s all inlaid (cnc cut). i counted 179 individually inlaid sections. each. Ive made 2 so far and i think i’ll make a few more but with a natural wood tone palette. these rainbow ones are all inlaid with mostly dyed stabilized woods. here is an earlier shot of the 2.

i like to get the classical guitar sized bone blanks. i can get a nut and saddle out of one of those. i’ve also tried micarta a bunch and like it. but been trying to find ways to reduce how much plastic particles i use so sticking with bone for now. i should try wood one day! sounds fun.

starting to take shape.

the Coast Family decided to switch gears and just make fully inlayed wood kids neckties over here.

a couple of custom fingerboards for an ‘ukulele being donated to a school auction.

oh that is so cool!

oh wow scary stuff. thank you for sharing and wishing you well.

i like the look of no.1

+1 to the case advice. if you are hoping for a hard case you could run into issues with the instrument fitting safely in the case. not as big of an issue for a gigbag.

Hmm. I’ve bought 6 and won 1. Gave away 1 and sold 1. so that gets me to 4.5/7 (a makala uke got a little busted by the kids and i need to glue it back together. ha). I’ve made about 50, but only have the first one, the rest have flown the coop. 49/50 distributed!

i like the kits. i haven’t tried the stewmac one but it looks great and they often have sales on them. I have tried a few kits over at http://www.harpkit.com and had fun learning with them. they definitely have more of a unique shape to their body if that is interesting to you. it was easy to...

my goodness, add this to the never ending luthier list of things i’m going to lose sleep over!