MIMF

Beautiful in sound and appearance!!!

First sides bent, the .012 worked nicely, thanks again for your help!

This is a good place to look at. I'm building my first uke using their plans, a tenor.
http://hanalimastore.com/

Finally placed an order to McMaster-Carr. Went with the 6x50x.012.
Thanks for the input gentlemen, nice to be moving forward.

Bryan Bear wrote:Allen, Do you usually use a slat on the top and the bottom? It might be cheaper to order a 50" section and cut it down. . .

Both top and bottom, and at 22.33 for 50" looks like a much better deal. Thanks Bryan!

.015" looks like the size I'll order. McMaster-Carr has the 6"x25" 1095 full hard temper priced at 15.92 ea, so not too bad.

.010"? .10" will be difficult to bend. I found that .012" to be pretty useful but a bit floppy. .020" is getting to be on the stiff side, and .015" is a good compromise of stiffness and flexibility. The standard size for shim stock is 6"W X 50" or 100" L, tho...

Getting ready to bend my first set of sides for a tenor. I built a Fox-style bender for ukes, the steel that I use for guitars are too big. I'm thinking on placing a McMaster-Carr order for shim stock sized at 6"w x 0.10" x 25"l. Am I on the right track? I plan on using the longer hea...