1st Ukulele Build

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Comment by evanmars on February 13, 2016 at 9:08am

Decided to leave the oak the thickness it was (1/4") and cut a notch for the nut.  Didn't think to cut the fret slots before I cut it to rough shape, so had to hold the square I use to make straight, perpendicular fret slots down very tightly and saw very slowly.  Luckily, the saw is sharp and it didn't take too long to get the slots cut.

Then I glued and clamped the rough-shaped fretboard to the neck.  Took a couple of days before I was able to get back to it to file it down to final shape.  Put the first application of Ebony stain on.

Comment by evanmars on February 7, 2016 at 3:21am

The neck is hard maple from a 1x4 I bought at the local big box store.  Used a light stain.  The fret board is going to be oak that I will use a considerably darker stain on.

The oak board I have is almost as thick as the nut I've got, so I am going to have to figure out how to thin it down.  I don't have a surface planer, or a decent hand plane for the job.  May just have to make a sanding block.

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