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Hand Crafted Tools For The Art Of Sound

Hand Crafted Tools for the Art of Sound

Toth Uke Construction

April 10, 2016 Sam Montooth

3 Piece Koa wood neck

3 Piece Koa wood neck

The uke was built from a single piece of ground harvested Hawaiian Koa wood

The uke was built from a single piece of ground harvested Hawaiian Koa wood

Crazy penny abides!

Crazy penny abides!

Old school

Neck, headstock veneer, book-matched front and back

Neck, headstock veneer, book-matched front and back

Flame Koa via a wonderful band saw

Flame Koa via a wonderful band saw

Braces are introduced - Redwood

Braces are introduced - Redwood

Braces are introduced - Redwood

Braces are introduced - Redwood

Exact placing of braces

Exact placing of braces

Exact placing of braces

Exact placing of braces

Glued in braces

Glued in braces

Top plate bracing

Top plate bracing

Note sound hole jig

Note sound hole jig

Bottom plate reinforcement band

Bottom plate reinforcement band

Bottom plate reinforcement band

Bottom plate reinforcement band

Love the wood

Big wide sides

Side forms

Koa sides, thinned and sank in the water

Koa sides, thinned and sank in the water

Hot banding pipe

Hot banding pipe

Sides clamped around forms

Sides clamped around forms

Sides clamped around forms

Sides clamped around forms

Don't get that space wrong

Don't get that space wrong

Elaborate shape jig took longer to make than the Uke

Elaborate shape jig took longer to make than the Uke

Sweet

Simple neck block clamps

Simple neck block clamps

Tail block in

That Space!

That crazy shepard mix, great company

That crazy shepard mix, great company

Purling in

Purfling in

Fitting back

View from front

View from front

View from front

View from front

Good Rims - Jack hole drilled

Good Rims - Jack hole drilled

Good

Purfling

Purfling

New glue - note sound hole jig

New glue - note sound hole jig

Gluing top plate

Gluing top plate

Gluing top plate

Gluing top plate

Gluing top plate

Gluing top plate

Tortoise-shell Binding - two piece glued

Tortoise-shell Binding - two piece glued

Tortoise-shell Binding - two piece glued

Tortoise-shell Binding - two piece glued

Tortoise-shell Binding - two piece glued

Tortoise-shell Binding - two piece glued

Binding is given its general shape over side jigs

Binding is given its general shape over side jigs

Binding is given its general shape over side jigs

Binding is given its general shape over side jigs

Binding Groove - Stressful

Binding Groove - Stressful

Love that Tortoise-shell binding

Love that Tortoise-shell binding

Love that Tortoise-shell binding

Love that Tortoise-shell binding

Clean

Checking thickness on neck 3 piece

Checking thickness on neck 3 piece

Ebony fingerboard

Ebony fingerboard

Tedious but important

Tedious but important

Bits of AB shell, resin pressed - great inlay

Bits of AB shell, resin pressed - great inlay

Checking designs

Checking designs

Checking designs

Checking designs

A bit more conservative

A bit more conservative

A bit more conservative

A bit more conservative

Clever razor (those Swiss)

Clever razor (those Swiss)

Jewler saw for logo

Careful

Don't lose

Place

Place

Powder and Varnish

Powder and Varnish

Workable

Nervous time with mini router

Nervous time with mini router

OK

OK

Wings of the headstock

Wings of the headstock

Straight file

Neck shaping jig

Neck shaping jig

Headstock Veneer

Headstock Veneer

Glue pegs - clamps force veneer to slide off line

Glue pegs - clamps force veneer to slide off line

Nervous time

Toth time

Toth time

Back to router

Back to router

Descent!

Logo glued, binding slots

Binding

Gluing fingerboard

Gluing fingerboard

Love that binding

Love that binding

Love that binding

Love that binding

Looking Uke-ish

Looking Uke-ish

Bottom plate time

Bottom plate time

Way overdone Uke neck joint

Way overdone Uke neck joint

Way overdone Uke neck joint

Way overdone Uke neck joint

Slotted peg experiment

Slotted peg experiment

Slotted peg experiment

Slotted peg experiment

Typically Ukes are given two screws

Typically Ukes are given two screws

Fret dots

Cleaned up

Fret dots

A bit younger - reasonably happy

A bit younger - reasonably happy

Bottom time

Label

Date

Weight

Final glue up

Final glue up

Shoot it

Not before back binding

Not before back binding

Not before back binding

Not before back binding

Nice detail on back binding

Nice detail on back binding

Vidal Sassoon

Black - tort front

Black - tort front

Clean

Peg holes

Me

Love that binding

Love that binding

Shoot it

Flame on

3 Piece Koa wood neck

The uke was built from a single piece of ground harvested Hawaiian Koa wood

Crazy penny abides!

Old school

Neck, headstock veneer, book-matched front and back

Flame Koa via a wonderful band saw

Braces are introduced - Redwood

Braces are introduced - Redwood

Exact placing of braces

Exact placing of braces

Glued in braces

Top plate bracing

Note sound hole jig

Bottom plate reinforcement band

Bottom plate reinforcement band

Love the wood

Big wide sides

Side forms

Koa sides, thinned and sank in the water

Hot banding pipe

Sides clamped around forms

Sides clamped around forms

Don't get that space wrong

Elaborate shape jig took longer to make than the Uke

Sweet

Simple neck block clamps

Tail block in

That Space!

That crazy shepard mix, great company

Purling in

Purfling in

Fitting back

View from front

View from front

Good Rims - Jack hole drilled

Good

Purfling

Purfling

New glue - note sound hole jig

Gluing top plate

Gluing top plate

Gluing top plate

Binding is given its general shape over side jigs

Binding is given its general shape over side jigs

Binding Groove - Stressful

Love that Tortoise-shell binding

Love that Tortoise-shell binding

Clean

Checking thickness on neck 3 piece

Ebony fingerboard

Tedious but important

Bits of AB shell, resin pressed - great inlay

Checking designs

Checking designs

A bit more conservative

A bit more conservative

Clever razor (those Swiss)

Careful

Don't lose

Place

Powder and Varnish

Workable

Nervous time with mini router

Wings of the headstock

Straight file

Neck shaping jig

Headstock Veneer

Nervous time

Toth time

Toth time

Back to router

Back to router

Descent!

Binding

Gluing fingerboard

Love that binding

Love that binding

Looking Uke-ish

Bottom plate time

Way overdone Uke neck joint

Way overdone Uke neck joint

Slotted peg experiment

Slotted peg experiment

Typically Ukes are given two screws

Fret dots

Cleaned up

Fret dots

A bit younger - reasonably happy

Bottom time

Label

Date

Weight

Final glue up

Final glue up

Nice detail on back binding

Vidal Sassoon

Clean

Shoot it

Flame on