Ukulele Maker - Chapter 1: Hand Tools

This clip details what I consider to be the 'basic' hand tool kit for anyone setting up a ukulele making shop - amateur or professional. Most purchases can be had on eBay - in fact a vintage chisel made from cast steel is going to be far superior to anything you can buy today, including those super brittle Japanese ones which are only good for cutting softwoods! More information about my work is found at http://ukebuild.com and http://petehowlettukulele.co.uk

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[PeteHowlett]

Lee Valley Tools in Canada may have them. Have you done a search on Mora or Frosts?

[weerpool14]

Hey Pete, im really interestd in buying the Frosts Carving knife with no luck. it seems like every other site ive stumble upon is in the UK. do you know any distributors here in the US that you could recommend? other than ebay

[HALONATOR3]

the small plane is a japaneese not chineese plane i found a golden one on ebay for £6.99

[greenNebula]

This is great. I am really looking forward to future chapters.. Thank you Pete.

[jyottix]

looking good Pete!

what might be useful is a list of these tools I mean written out.

I'd love to set up a workshop... maybe sometime

I did make a Uke with your help so great work! thanks