April 23, 2011

I completed the bracing for the back and top today.

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The bridge patch is rosewood, and the bracing for the top is flat (not radiussed) using sitka spruce.

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The back is braced with 15′ radiussed mahogany ladder bracing.

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My dyslexic brain allowed me to cut the slots in the neck for the spanish heel at the opposite angle.  The plan for recovery is complicated and will require me to build a jig to hold the neck and accurately cut the correct slots.  First I’ll patch the “bad” slots to return material to the neck block before I cut new slots.  The fortunate aspect of this problem is that the patch will only be visible inside the uke where the heel meets the sides.