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No nothing wrong with it , just adds extra weight that isnt necessary . My tail blocks are usally 3/4" and the neck 1-1/2" for a tennon joint . Great looking work btw . keep it up ur doing good .

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Tai Fu,

Great job. Thanks for posting this and I liked the video on bending the sides. I am building a tenor uke right now and my next build will be a baritone uke.

I am making a few mistakes but I am learning.

Tom

Lets hope binding this one will go as well as my demo guitar... that was a disaster...

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Ya, Like what WudWerkr said, besides that, the reason I use smaller blocks is to increase the free area on the top for resonance....

Everything looks very good and very clean

Ok, no pictures yet... but I pre-carved the neck and braced the back...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

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Fretted fretboard (anything after the 12th will be cut off), gluing headplates, and getting ready to close the box.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

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looking good Tai Fu,

Would love to see pics of your neck. How are you planning on attaching the neck?

Tom

With a single threaded insert and bolt.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

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http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Looking good. I know it's going to be a good sounding Uke....

Thanks

This is what I got so far... but all I managed to do is trimming the edge with a drum sander, because I didn't like the flush trim bit I have now (it does not spin true). I was busy with my other guitar, replacing the rosette and taking the soundboard on that one down to specified thickness (around .090"). It is an OM cutaway by the way and that thickness is not uniform. The belly is around .110"

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Neck carving almost finished... still deciding if I want to bind the body.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Top binding, the binding is fighting me every step of the way... it wants to break for some reason, and then it doesn't want to stay on the side despite all the tape in the world. Thank God for shock cords though.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

I was hoping that you would decide against the binding, then I would not feel badly for not binding mine, Oh well, I guess I will feel a bit lazy about it, but I still just want to get it done and move on. I can't wait to play it, not that I have ever played one before. What binding material are you using and did you pre bend it?
Rob

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I thought I bind mines because without binding it looks really low class...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Ouch, I guess me and my new uke can live with the low class tag I agree though, wood binding will be part of my usual work, but I need to move on. This is really trying to be a prototype of something I can build with young students, which will not involve binding.

What is your plan for a finish, I was thinking tru oil, I have it all sealed with shellac right now, and will likely leave it until summer when everything dries out.

The big question is about side marker dots. Who knew that Ukes have a dot at fret 10 and guitars at 9. I went uke style and did it at 10.
Rob

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I will lacquer it.

I wonder about shellac under lacquer as the last time I did that, the lacquer did not stick to the shellac.

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http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Everything finished, ready for finishing. I will then fill in any imperfection like blow outs and stuff. I prefer to have a coat of something over the wood first because I will use CA to fill in small imperfections, and I don't want to stain the wood.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Nice looking Uke!! I like your oven mitts in the video

Please note the breaker panel in the second to last picture... now that's scary!

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Nice looking work so far . I hhave made several Mando's without binding and I like the look . When you see two pieces of wood comming together and have to really look to see any joint line , to me thats a very nice job and a great look .

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The Shallower the depth of the stream , The Louder the Babble !
The Taking Of Offense Is the Life Course Of The Stupid One !
Wanna Leave a Better Planet for our Kids? How about Working on BETTER KIDS for our Planet !
Forgiveness is the ability to accept an apology that you will probably NEVER GET
The truth will set you free , But FIRST, it will probably Piss you Off !
Creativity is allowing yourself to make Mistakes, Art is knowing which ones to Keep !
The Saddest thing anyone can do , is push a Loyal Person to the point that they Dont Care Anymore
Never met a STRONG person who had an EASY past !
http://wiksnwudwerks.blogspot.com/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/GatewayA ... rAssembly/

Bridge finished... the tie block is a little higher on one side than the other but its no big deal. All that is left is waiting for the paint to fully dry so I can buff it and finish it off.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Final assembly, a bridge was made and glued, but due to the size of the box no clamp (not even Stewmac's mini cam clamp) will fit inside the soundhole, so I have to do it from the outside....



I will complete the final assembly tomorrow.

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Yep, that's one of the reasons I ended up gluing the bridge on mine before closing it. Normally I'd at least be able to get my hand in there to support the top for a rub joint, but ukulele soundholes are too small for my monster hands. Hope yours sticks ok. My plates usually deflect too much to use any sort of clamp from the outside like that.

The curly maple bindings look excellent. Definitely worth the trouble.

Can't wait to hear how she sounds

My plates are stiff enough to take the clamping pressure but definitely have to back off on it, have enough pressure to keep the bridge on but not so much that I deflect the plates.

I don't want to glue the bridge on before the top goes on because it would be harder for me to determine the proper bridge position, and if I am wrong it is harder to correct it. I am beginning to wonder if a ukelele should have a tailpiece string mount and a saddle that is held in place by the string, like a violin/archtop...

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com

Finished... here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_C-gIEs ... e=youtu.be

http://youtu.be/2XeiLvpqTbM

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Cat-gut strings are made from kitten guts, stretched out to near breaking point and then hardened with grue saliva. As a result these give a feeling of Pain and anguish whenever played, and often end up playing themselves backwards as part of satanic rituals.

Typhoon Guitars
http://www.typhoon-guitars.com