Uke-alot

Not being argumentative but my experience with inflation kits is that the “goo” inside will basically ruin the wheel, and mechanics hate...

Fair enough, Dave. I'm not trying to throw rocks, even friendly ones. I just wanted to put out an observation I have that a lot of...

I think that's quite a negative view of young people. I am lucky enough to know quite a few and I can say that they all work far harder...

41 here. Not sure why there are not more younger builders but I suspect that at least part of the reason is that it’s not seen as a...

Hi everyone, I'm happy to share with you my fourth uke (one per year :D ) I'm make some mistake on it, espacially during the channel...

I do not glue anything. Isn't one of the advantages of a bolt on supposed to be easy removal? I have done a couple of removals to fix...

Just made this simple jig and it works .....tried it out on test piece neck... the neck position is located inside by dowel pins, and...

Just by coincidence I did an experimental cross dowel bolt on neck join today on my latest project...With the help of CNC it turned out...

I totally get it Ken. Because of health reason, both mentally and physically, I made the decision a few years ago to work only a few...

It looks like I'll be calling it a day at the end of this year and handing the workshop and equipment over to my Son Mike ..I have about...

I'm working with my Son Mike on a different design soprano based on several requests for a uke other than the standard style 0 Martin...

This is a good way to do it. One reason that one bolt is completely fine is that the string tension is going to hold the fret board side...

I've done a tenon with a hanger bolt plus a screw for a banjo uke I built (two fasteners is almost certainly overkill) and now I'm in...

Yes, I have looked at their stuff over the years. Very sophisticated tooling. Maybe a little too much for my use. Tools/jigs that are...

Ken has a background in tool making and that’s a core element of production engineering … I can’t help but think that early Martin...