UkuleleSwanlet
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Oh Luthiers where for art thou!
I started July with my ukulele building project. After receiving the kit from Hana Lima Ia and looking at the various pieces and work involved, I am giving myself until December to complete my concert size ukulele! It will be a Bubinga (I think it's also known as African Rosewood) sides & back with Engelman spruce soundboard and ebony fret board on mahogany neck. Tonight I finished cutting out the plates! I tried with the coping saw, it took me a while with the spruce. Decided it would take me the whole night to cut the Bubinga piece with the saw, so I ended up using a jigsaw and that was so much easier! Lucky for me that my husband is in construction and have some tools I could used! The next step with a neck seems a bit tricky and then of course the bending of the sides... That might be a whole week of thinking before I proceed with it! There are some great websites that has been helpful and of course Hana Lima Ia's forum is another great resource!!
I started July with my ukulele building project. After receiving the kit from Hana Lima Ia and looking at the various pieces and work involved, I am giving myself until December to complete my concert size ukulele! It will be a Bubinga (I think it's also known as African Rosewood) sides & back with Engelman spruce soundboard and ebony fret board on mahogany neck. Tonight I finished cutting out the plates! I tried with the coping saw, it took me a while with the spruce. Decided it would take me the whole night to cut the Bubinga piece with the saw, so I ended up using a jigsaw and that was so much easier! Lucky for me that my husband is in construction and have some tools I could used! The next step with a neck seems a bit tricky and then of course the bending of the sides... That might be a whole week of thinking before I proceed with it! There are some great websites that has been helpful and of course Hana Lima Ia's forum is another great resource!!