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 ukulele
Posted 1 year ago
I stupidly lost the fret wire that came with the concert uke neck I purchased, so I contacted the company and they directed me to their supplier, C.B. Gitty. I’m glad I found out about this place. They have a great selection of frets, and a few accessories like the brass washer pictured, which I’m going to glue over the sound hole.
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
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 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.
Posted 2 years ago
Step 3 is to glue blocking to both ends of the cigar box. Since the bottom of the cigar box will be the top of the ukulele, I’ll glue the blocking so it is flush with the bottom of the box.
Before I glue the blocking I’m going to use a 2 1/4” arbored hole saw to cut a sound hole. I don’t won’t to waste the blocking if I screw this part up.
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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