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Some sides bent!
The bender was not as successful as I thought it would be, I had to bend everything again with the iron. Heat was rapid and not under control, I have to do a bit more research into how best to get the blanket up to temp slower so the sides have a bit of time to relax rather than just sweat then dry out. I broke a side!
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i used a bimetal blade to cut the kerfs on a concert and found that bending was a nightmare will increase the spacing to approx 0.9 or there about see how that goes thanks.
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Finally something that resembles a ukulele body, baritone size sapele body.
Another in the mould with heal and tail blocks gluing.
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And a cherry tenor under way. The kerfing has just been bent to shape and not glued in, I have to make some cauls for it before I start gluing anything together.
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I did a bit of wood collecting this morning, a little bit of Blackwood we milled last week up in the hills. The log was 3.5 meters long and 500mm diameter. Took the top off and milled a 65mm slab off the centre. The top and bottom will be broken down to retrieve more quarter sawn sections then the whole lot debarked, stacked, strapped and left to dry.
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Also completed the kerfing on another baritone. Back to the shed! :)
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And a Silky Oak one in the middle for good measure :)
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all have great look I admire your patients after making a concert I found the making the easy part then came the tuning OMG because this was my first project a great learning curve paticually without any plans.
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WoW great work they look like the goods, very talented
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Thank you, hope they all end up sounding ok after all this work!
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I guess the unknown sound is part of the frustration but with your experience they all look and should sound great.
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