I can’t hold her! She’s breaking up! She’s breakin....

[Clancy]

Hey Nick, remember when you said I was an unucky bastard!

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Surprisingly, there was complete silence once I turned off the router.
I was going to burn it, but have put it away until I have some creative inspiration.

As to why?
Well, it's my fault.
I used too much water bending the side & had some cupping in the waist.
After scraping out the cupping I knew the wall was thin, but not that thin!
Once the main binding channel was cut the wall obviously lost all integrity.
The bearing pushed through, the router bit followed, the uke got trashed, craig went & quietly opened a beer.

"Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic uke."

[kiwigeo]

Whoa.......that's pretty impressive!!!

Reminds me of the time I routed rosette channels right through two sound boards in a row...two tops written off in the space of a few hours.

[charangohabsburg]

That calls for some massive shell inlay. To disguise the mishap even better you might choose to make it symmetrical...

[simso]

Put a waist there, turn it into a feature

[lacrombie]

Funny place for a sound port.

[kiwigeo]

Funny place for a sound port.

Sorry Craig.

[kiwigeo]

Mmmm shouldnt really laugh....I remember gluing a heel block onto the top of my neck blank on my first build.

[ozwood]

That's terrorfying,

I have sanded my latest build with the Rolling pin sander , which works a treat , but was my first use of it and it has left me a little thin in spots.
after seeing this my Sphincter will be firmly clenched whilst doing the binding channel.




Paul

[Nick]

Sad to hear (and see ) Craig. Router's always make my bum twitch, the ability for them to create instant carnage is phenominal, respect for this tool always rides high in my grey matter whenever I switch it on and this goes to show they can still bite ya even when used correctly . Be interested to see how you fix this one! Maybe fix a rearview mirror over it or a bicycle horn?

[Clancy]

A piece of advice Paul - rout the purfling channel first. If I'd done this I probably would have got away with it!

Actually Martin, I've been considering a soundport fix.
It's a concert sized uke and the way it's held would place the soundport in a pretty good position.
I'd still have to restore integrity to the waist somehow though.

Nick, I must apologise, you never called me an "unucky" bastard and I would take offense to anyone using this term in a derogatory way.
The "unucky tribe", though small in number, are a proud & noble race and that needs to be recognised.
What you did call me was an "unlucky" bastard, which I am.
And yes, my sphincter always reacts painfully the moment a router switch moves from "off" to "on".

[jeffhigh]

Maybe a Ken Parker style soundport?

[kiwigeo]

And yes, my sphincter always reacts painfully the moment a router switch moves from "off" to "on".

This is why a router should always be operated above waist level