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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:29 pm 
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Incorrect Alex!! Its government accounting that causes problems. If I were an IRS employee, I would have charged myself $18.00 for the $9.00 rosette blank.


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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:57 pm 
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Incorrect Alex!! Its government accounting that causes problems. If I were an IRS employee, I would have charged myself $18.00 for the $9.00 rosette blank.


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"Incorrect Alex!!" Are you my wife or something?? My mistake. I should have said voodoo economics, not voodoo accounting, but forget that because I'm probably @#&*ing wrong, anyways!!!

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:00 pm 
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If my experience with government accountants holds true, the only real measure of the cost of Tony' burl would be based on how much it cost last year.

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Alex Kleon wrote:
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Incorrect Alex!! Its government accounting that causes problems. If I were an IRS employee, I would have charged myself $18.00 for the $9.00 rosette blank.


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"Incorrect Alex!!" Are you my wife or something?? My mistake. I should have said voodoo economics, not voodoo accounting, but forget that because I'm probably @#&*ing wrong, anyways!!!

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm "wonders if this is joking around .. hard to tell" :shock:

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Incorrect Alex!! Its government accounting that causes problems. If I were an IRS employee, I would have charged myself $18.00 for the $9.00 rosette blank.


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"Incorrect Alex!!" Are you my wife or something?? My mistake. I should have said voodoo economics, not voodoo accounting, but forget that because I'm probably @#&*ing wrong, anyways!!!

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hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm "wonders if this is joking around .. hard to tell" :shock:
Naaah! :P beehive :P Why would I start getting serious now?

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 10:24 am 
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New top:
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I like it. But since things were going so well, I decided to slow myself down again and when I went to inspect my second coat of pore filler, I realized some of it had gotten into the neck bolt hole and epoxied my holding stick into the box. Now I am attempting to drill it out. [headinwall]
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New top:
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I like it. But since things were going so well, I decided to slow myself down again and when I went to inspect my second coat of pore filler, I realized some of it had gotten into the neck bolt hole and epoxied my holding stick into the box. Now I am attempting to drill it out. [headinwall]
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Don't feel bad, Tony. The first uke I made, I attempted to build in a K&K pickup. Did my epoxy porefill, and when I finished the uke went to adjust the pickup and it was totally epoxied in. I had to cut the shaft off. Tried welding a new plug in to the electronics and never could get it to work. It's a $75 strap button (on an instrument that usually doesn't need a strap button). [uncle]


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 11:36 am 
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Ha ha! That definitely helped! Thanks!


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:10 pm 
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You pulled off a nice save, Tony. I think the new top looks better, and I really like the rosette. Try drilling the stick out with a slightly smaller drill bit, and then work the remainder out with a round file. [:Y:]

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:39 pm 
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Looks good. You should burst it. beehive

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:16 pm 
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Guano is excellent fertilizer for my tamaytas(tomatoes for those of you not from NYC).


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 8:05 pm 
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I put the wash coat of z-poxy on tonight. When it is fully cured I can start lacquering. I will be using rattle cans. The neck is already painted with lacquer from a gallon can. I picked up a can of Deft on the way home last week. Since my company decided to close tomorrow in anticipation of the apocalypse, I should have time to spray a couple of coats. For your viewing pleasure, I present this picture of the back all z-poxied up.
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in chicago we say "tuh-MADE-uhz"


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Your phonetic spelling was better than mine but the pronunciation is about the same.
Got some lacquer on the box. Looks good. Pics maybe later.


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Take care Tony during the storm. Your new top looks great. I hope all your wood stash don't float away in the storm. I'll be thinking of you and your family tomarrow. Jason

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 7:21 am 
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Thanks Jason. It's windy but not too rainy right now. Might spray some more lacquer in a bit. The hardest part is going to be keeping my kids entertained for 2-3 days without leaving the house!!


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in chicago we say "tuh-MADE-uhz"



When we was kids in mississippi we called them " Ammunition " laughing6-hehe

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Thanks Jason. It's windy but not too rainy right now. Might spray some more lacquer in a bit. The hardest part is going to be keeping my kids entertained for 2-3 days without leaving the house!!


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Good thinking Bryan!
Despite the foul weather, I took the opportunity to lay some coats of lacquer on the ukulele. A couple last night and a few today. It is starting to look pretty good!
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If I can shoot a few more today, I should be able to start wet sanding by next week. I leveled and polished the frets already so all that would be left is to locate the bridge and glue it one before this puppy is playable.

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so when do the stamps/appliques go on?


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so when do the stamps/appliques go on?



Say what?? I'm usually pretty sharp, but you lost me. idunno

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Say what?? I'm usually pretty sharp, but you lost me. idunno


He is calling back to a suggestion he made on page 12. At the time, you and your bald friend seemed pretty receptive to the idea.

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The uke is looking great. But if it doesn't make it to page 25, I'm not voting for it. If a build doesn't take 25 pages to document, it's just not quality.

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