[mirwa]

Fred,

Two things,

First, love the outisde the box thinking on shaping the uke body by using another uke body as the template.

Second, you have to rest your hands, if you push them to far then no more building for life!.

Been there done that, stupidly dis-regarded what I know I should not have been doing, one of many injuries was I fell over and fractured my right elbow, now my arm can not be straightened and I can’t touch my shoulder either with my right arm, have 70 degrees of movement out of a possible 180, why! Because I disregarded what the doc said when I broke it, next day with a broken arm I was shaping a neck, now years later I wish I had of listened. Have many many more stupid injuries that could have now been resolved had I listened, but age and arrogance makes us think we are bullet proof, not until we get older do we realise the true ramifications.

Point is, we need to modify or kick back what we do, otherwise we make injuries permanent

Steve