What have you found in the thrift stores that you can modify or use as is?
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by realityguy » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:21 pm
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by zelph » Fri Jan 30, 2015 10:32 pm

yes, I love the deals you get up there. I bet you walked out of the store with a big grin of your face

But....at the next thrift store stop you over spent

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by Ridgerunner » Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:39 pm
Steal of a deal!

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by zelph » Sat Jan 31, 2015 7:24 pm
He's one of those guys that steps in it and then smells like a rose

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by realityguy » Sun Feb 01, 2015 1:22 pm
Actually..at the other thrift store(100 feet away,next door) I bought this rattan end table for $6..which I thought had a Koa top for making ukuleles..After replacing the top with mahogany(to appease the wife..the new top was the top from a $5 1960s coffee table I got yesterday..same place..I had passed on when I got the rattan one.The lower shelf of that one gives me enough mahogany for sides for 15 mahogany ukuleles(about 26"x15"x1" thick...In a couple days they had dropped the price $2)..I cut the rattan end table top into ukulele wood..turns out it is 70 year old(approximately) yellow narra..about as rare as koa...makes pretty ukuleles.It's tone is close to koa,just a tiny bit brighter..not as deep a tone.I got enough for tops and bottoms for a couple concert ukuleles and a couple tenors..enough extra for the bridges and nuts for the ukuleles also(already have lots of side width wood)..The ukuleles..the top ukulele is some elaborate koa,martin concert copy..other two are narra wood tenors..I only have the middle one left..That narra for the other ukuleles shown was from a 4 foot diameter dining table(dated 1921..$35 from the other VV store about 3 miles down the hwy.)I sold the matching chairs to an antique collecting friend for $125..I think I paid $60 for the set with 5 chairs..
At the other local VV that day..I got this coil burner..for $3..
The wood works a lot like koa..has nice grain but not as much "ripple" as koa when you move it in the light..

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by zelph » Sun Feb 01, 2015 2:50 pm
It's interesting how your eyes are geared towards "wood types" when looking at furniture. Always on the lookout for wood to be used in ukulele repair or build from scratch. I always search the thrift stores for stainless containers to turn into wood burners.
My best find in a thrift store was the heat powered Sterling Engine fan made around 1919.
Best wishes on your next great find
Here in the Midwest we will be snowbound for a couple days

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by Ridgerunner » Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:08 pm
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by zelph » Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:08 am
I'm snow bound this morning. It will take me quite a while to snow blow it

I'll do the victory dance once I make it down to the end of the driveway. will post some photos later.
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by zelph » Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:42 pm
snoooow
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by realityguy » Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:45 pm
Snow??..what's snow?
We're finally getting rain..been pretty balmy and sunny around here in the 50s and 60s...You guys are so lucky...

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