Thanks, all! Great stuff here! Another idea is to skip doing my own thing just yet and find somebody nearby who has a working set-up I can try.
@Sequoia -I appreciate the wisdom in your comments, and in fact I've no idea how far down the luthiery path i will travel. Originally a son said "Dad, lets build guitars." Well that was about as far-fetched a notion as I'd ever heard! But over the past 5 years I've developed a cozy if not crammed shop and earlier this year began this tenor in part because I had some nice wood the right size. But also, in part because if I ruined a ukulele I might not feel as badly as if it was a guitar. (Having put this much time into this one, tho, that may not be the case; hope I don't find out...)
I expect I'll perhaps make a couple more because of all the time it has taken to make template, form, etc. Plus, I still have more wood! But I also have a desire to build guitars -at least a couple. After that... Quién sabe? I'm approaching retirement (I am 66.) and this might just be more than a passing fantasy! And I definitely appreciate this forum and these folks!!!