Chuck,
Just wanted to say thanks for you insightful comments/reply on bending sides in my "clay" post. More importantly, thanks for seeing into the mind of a newbie making his frightful venture into uke building. A decent woodworker and designer myself, luthiery is a way bigger world than I suspected. It's daunting (as is the forum).
I do plan on making a contribution to the world via uke building, however big or small it may be. Certainly my young son will get a hand-built concert uke that he helps build and perhaps it will go much further than that with other kids in his homeschool group etc. Boulder could use a uke-estra.
Great ukes you make on your website, btw. Aloha -David