Today I went a-roamin’, and collected a free soprano ukulele (from a lady with the fabulous name Lucinda Fudge!). It’s broken, hence her giving it away. I’ll probably try and fix it. But I also got it with a view to building my own ukulele. It’ll be useful as a reference.<\/p>\n
I figure I should build a ukulele or two before attempting guitars. And I might start the latter with an electric project, and work my way up to acoustics! I love the video below, in which… well, you can see from the title what he’s up to.<\/p>\n
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I also bought some green Silverline polishing compound, a 120\/240 grit sharpening stone, and some 600 and 1200 grit wet and dry sandpaper. Along with my recently constructed strop, all this stuff means I’m set up for proper serious sharpening.<\/p>\n
So I’ll be getting all my planes and chisels in shape ASAP.<\/p>\n
I,also need to get a lot more organised generally, and make some proper plans. I have nebulous half-arsed ideas about zillions of things, and want to start getting more stuff done. Amongst my priority projects are the following:<\/p>\n
Get my Kity planer\/thicknesser working; make some Izzy Swan style clamps; build a decent solid\/heavy workbench; finish the two cold-frames; make my 1st ukulele; fix the garden fencing; replaced the old guttering. I also want to start making serious inroads on painting my 6mm and 10mm Napoleonic armies.<\/p>\n
Sooo much to be done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today I went a-roamin’, and collected a free soprano ukulele (from a lady with the fabulous name Lucinda Fudge!). It’s broken, hence her giving it away. I’ll probably try and fix it. But I also got it with a view to building my own ukulele. It’ll be useful as a reference. I figure I should … <\/p>\n