Ukulele Day 16 Pearl Inlay

Here is our pink abalone. We use bench grinder to wipe out the external shell.

This piece is nice. It shows some layer, looks 3D.

Then, we paste our butterfly print and saw it out with coping saw.
Note that our small coping saw blade is normally used with gold decoration work.

We've tried to make a small outline within the wings, but the pearl is cracked.
Thus, we only go with this final inlay.

Compared with other ukulele's peg head.

Next step, we prepare our 4 binding with drum sander. They are 2 mm thickness or less.

Ukulele Day 15 Peghead preparation

We continue our finger board work.

Then, we go on with peghead preparation, a book match style.

Ukulele Day 14 Fingerboard

We start our day by sanding the ukulele chamber. All those burnt, mark must be sanded out.

Then we prepare the fingerboard and saw the fret slot. (the right piece is an example)

Ukulele Day 13 Pearl

Today, we get black pearl, pink abalone.

Also, normal pearl and green abalone.

For the neck, we outline the neck and cut it with band saw.

Then, we adjust the 12 degree with block plane.

Ukulele Day 12 Neck

Last time, we did glue the back and get the chamber

Today, we clean up the edge by chisel and trimmer.

Yeah, we easily get the smooth edge with trimmer.

Next step is to prepare lumber for Ukulele's neck part.

The hardest part on neck preparation is to make both lumbers perfectly touch with each other, so we would join them together.

With this concept, clamp only secure the wood joinery, not apply a high force to wood (and that makes stress wood, no good).

Ukulele Day 11 Back

Today, we use a huge template (part of sphere) with sand paper to sand out the back.

The result of our lining, heel/end black. The curve runs along with our sphere template to perfectly touch with our back.

Then, we carve the back bar out at the top.

Measure the length/position of bracing with lining. Mark the position.

These 4 slots are carved to fit with bracing.

Cut the suitable bracing length, to fit with lining.

Use duck tape to seal the sound hole because we don't want any lacquer going in the sound hole during finishing process. We must seal it at this step because we will assembly the back very soon.

This is the final call for anything inside the guitar. Any clean, sign a signature must have been done right now.

We, then, glue the back and attach with side. Close this sound chamber.

Wait for glue setting about 4 hours.

Result of gluing.