Glueing the fretboard into the neck. I always use Titebond II wood glue for this. I was lucky and got sent a fretboard that already had the frets placed. Next I’ll file the sides of the neck to align with the fretboard.
Posts tagged cigarbox uke
Posted 2 years ago
The bridge has been placed and the first coat of finish put on. After two additional coats, about two days, I’ll make the electronics.
Posted 2 years ago
I’ve glued on the neck. I didn’t bother to bolt it on because ukulele’s don’t put very much stress on the neck, as compared to a guitar. After it dries for about a day I’ll attach the fretboard and determine the bridge placement.
Posted 2 years ago
Step 7 of making my cigar box uke. In this step the ukulele is strung and the bridge is placed.
Posted 2 years ago
Step 6 of making my cigar box uke from Papas Boxes. In this step I attach the angle bracket that goes between the neck and the cigarbox, and install the geared tuners.
Posted 2 years ago
Step 5 of making my cigarbox uke. In this step I drill the hole for the pick-up jack, then sand and finish the uke with five coats of satin gloss polyurethane.
Next up, attaching the tuners, stringing, and placing the bridge.
Posted 2 years ago
Step 4 (part 2) of making my cigar box uke from Papas Boxes. This is the longest step in the process, so I’m breaking it into 2 parts. In this part I glue and screw in the gear box bracket and the neck. Next is drilling the hole for the pickup jack and then applying the finishing coats.
Posted 2 years ago
Step 4 (part 1) of making my cigar box uke. This is the longest step in the process, so I’m breaking it into 2 parts. In this part I sand the geared tuner bracket, setup the neck template, and measure for the geared tuner bracket.
This tumblr will chronicle my building a Papas Boxes concert uke, and maybe other ukes in the future.life as a musical
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