BR Ukuleles
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A new tenor is underway in the workshop, and this one is getting some daisy inlays with scrimshaw shading to both the peg head and the sound board. Here are some photo's and descriptions in case you were curious about how I do this.
Peg head veneer is machined to the desired finished thickness and has a 14degree bevel cut on the nut edge for later fitting to the neck. Attached to the jig with double sidded tape. The areas that will be inlaid are cut in stages. First up is the stem.
Piece is tacked in place with a drop of CA glue, and then the area for the flower petals is cleaed.
I'm using faux ivory as the inlay material. Cuts very well on the laser. Here I'm test fitting it prior to glueing in place.
A batch of epoxy is made up with a couple drops of black analine dye. I then put this into a vacuum chamber to insure all the air is sucked out.
Overnight cure and then the rebates for the purfling lines are machined, peg head cut to shape and purflings installed. Everything is leveled and sanded to P320 and ready for the scrimshaw.
Peg head veneer is machined to the desired finished thickness and has a 14degree bevel cut on the nut edge for later fitting to the neck. Attached to the jig with double sidded tape. The areas that will be inlaid are cut in stages. First up is the stem.
Piece is tacked in place with a drop of CA glue, and then the area for the flower petals is cleaed.
I'm using faux ivory as the inlay material. Cuts very well on the laser. Here I'm test fitting it prior to glueing in place.
A batch of epoxy is made up with a couple drops of black analine dye. I then put this into a vacuum chamber to insure all the air is sucked out.
Overnight cure and then the rebates for the purfling lines are machined, peg head cut to shape and purflings installed. Everything is leveled and sanded to P320 and ready for the scrimshaw.