Top Bracing (Day 2) and the Arbor!!!

The main accomplishment of today was finishing all the gluing and carving of all those 23 Kasha top braces!!! This is what I woke up to this morning. (I had glued these all on yesterday.)

I still had to glue on the two 2" braces that abut the little skinny curved braces in the upper and lower treble bouts: Well, I got that accomplished, and here is the result; all 23 braces are glued on.

INDEX: Return to HOME PAGE Joining the Top and Back Template, Mold, and Bending Form Making Spreaders Beginning the Top and Back Soundhole Decisions! More Decisions, Demolition, and Braces Back Braces and Side Bending Deck, Sides in Mold, and Blocks Soundhole!!! Top Bracing, Kerfing Deck, Creases, and More Kerfing More Top Bracing and the Arbor! Scatterbrained — Odds 'n' Ends Soundport and Closing Up the Box On to the Binding Beginning the Neck The Neck, Day 2 The Neck, Day 3 The Allen Wrench Dilemma and the Peghead Bridge Shaping and Neck Fitting The Deck is Finished! The Fingerboard is Glued! Neck Carved, Finish Sanding, Wash Coat, Pore-Filling, Sanding, Sealing, Tru-Oil Paraffin Oil Polishing and Finishing it All Up! Saddle Compensation Jig REALLY Finishing It Up Now!!!

Below you see I have done the basic tapering from the braces' peaks down to the 1/16" tall ends.		After I did the initial shaping, I tapered the sides of the braces and sanded them smooth. Here I am gluing on the center strip reinforcements.		And here is the final product! As I was working with the top, I kept tapping it. Its tone went from a D, then, after I had the braces glued on, down to a B. Now that the braces have been shaped, it's down to a B-flat. It has a nice, clear ring to it! It will be really interesting to see how this bracing affects the sound of the uke!
The final photos for today ---- they started the arbor today!!!!
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