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I bought this "Jack the Gripper" to tighten the nuts on phone jacks. Works amazing but I rarely use it. When you need it tho

Uke Friends, I've been using lacquer since I started building and I'm somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 ukes. I settled on Cardinal but tried most all the others. I did some French polish but I just don't do it well, I guess I lack the patience for that. I've done a few with Truoil, tung oil...

This thread got me thinking about some ironwood I have here. I probably haven't seen it in 30 years or more. somebody gave it to me I used it on the first instrument I ever build which was an F5. I didn't know any better and I still have the mandolin. I made the neck out of it and I still have...

I use this and a magnetic thickness gauge

I was an hour from meeting the customer and delivering this uke when I caught an edge with the buffing wheel which promptly smashed the back of the uke against the buffing stand. I was going to smash it but I called the guy and asked if he would like a freebee. He said he would and is happy as...

I don't generally put up my work but I did this time. Cedar top, Indian Rosewood back and sides, sapele neck, curly koa binding, IR fretboard and bridge.

I've had this in storage from when we sold our machine shop and was gonna sell it but I found a place for it in the back of my shop. It's worth more than I coulda got out of it if I sold it anyways. It's actually a pretty cool little machine. 1966 vintage

I use a Fuji Mini Mite 4 with a T75 G gravity feed sprayer. Last few sessions I'm noticing a drip now and then and build up of lacquer on the cap where the fluid nozzle meets the cap. Lacquer buildup on the diffuser also. I clean the gun after every use and I'm thinking about going back to the...

Have any of y'all tried this General Finishes Waterbase Lacquer that StewMac is touting? I'm REALLY wanting to get away from the standard lacquer but after my last experience with changing finishes I'm a little gun shy. I'm getting really great finishes with the Cardinal but I'd like to start...

I have a moisture meter with pins that just really doesn't work well. Can I get some recommendations for a meter that is accurate and won't break the bank?? I think the one I have is made by "Dr. Meter". I'm looking at a pinless meter by Ryobi but it has mixed reviews, about $75.00 at Amazon...

Hana Lima 'Ia has faux tortoise binding and reasonable shipping rates too seeing as it's coming from Hawaii. They may not be made from the same hazardous material as some of the others, don't know, but they don't ding you for "hazardous" shipping. After looking, the stuff is polyethylene...

A friend of mine brought this uke to me and wanted me to refurbish. I told her I wouldn't touch it! She did a pretty extensive search to find out more but was unable to come up with much information. She asked me to ask you all if any of you might have info on the uke. Age and stuff like that...

This is a concert sized Bocote back and sides with a Redwood top. Neck is Spanish cedar, persimmon fretboard, faux tortoise binding, fiddleback head plate, Gotoh UPTL tuners. I tried one of the Tusq saddles and just really didn't like it so I put a bone saddle back in. I like the full sound...

This kind of goes along with the thread Pete Howlett started recently. A builder that I very much respect once told me "If it ain't right, it ain't right". So I've been using that as a guide line ever since. The problem is if I strictly adhered to this philosophy I'd still be on my first build...

That youtube is the one I imitated and was really happy with the results Here's what I ended up with

Just finished this one a couple of days ago and got my friend to record a video for me. Pretty durn happy with this one Sinker Mahog back and sides Yellow Cedar top Flamed Maple bindings Spanish Cedar neck Narra head plate Gotoh UTP tuners Bubinga fretboard Here's the vid...

Here's a koa uke I did a while back with barbed wire lasered around the soundhole. Chuck called it the Bob Whyr uke, something like that

I bought this jig setup off of ebay maybe last year. It's just not going to work for me and I'm going to stay with my bold on method. I fooled around with it a little but other than that it has not been used. I paid $130.00 for it and would like $80.00 OBO. This setup is in two pieces, one for...

I bought this jig setup off of ebay maybe last year. It's just not going to work for me and I'm going to stay with my bold on method. I fooled around with it a little but other than that it has not been used. I paid $130.00 for it and would like $80.00 OBO. This setup is in two pieces, one for...

This was inspired by Beau Hannam's cutaway uke he finished a few weeks ago. It is my first cutaway and it was built for the mandolin player in the band I am in. It's basically a tenor with the lower bout a little wider than usual and the waist pushed towards the neck a little. Thicker than a...