got some of the jigs done, any pointers

haoleerik · Nov 5, 2010

well these are a couple jigs. i wanted the gurus to take a look and see if i missed anything important. i have yet to place the metal rods in the bending jig and cover the outside with metal mesh. but yeah, what you all think. oh i also took a 3 dollar garage sale uke and made a collage with it. im gonna put new tuners and strings and see if it plays. if not just use the pegs/tuners on a build. Thanks!

Timbuck · Nov 5, 2010

The holes for the heat retaining rods are too far from the edge..they need to be around the perimeter of the mould

.. so they will need moving outwards till they are flush with the edge to support the side material being bent...like this one I found on the web.

haoleerik · Nov 5, 2010

damn. iwas gonna cover the outside with mesh like the hana lima one. could the rods stay put if i do that?

Timbuck · Nov 5, 2010

Thinking about it! ...It might work !! for the first couple or so, depending on how strong the mesh??...but you will have to try it first.... the mesh will give a bit as you clamp down and it will set into a transversed curved profile "I imagine"....I prefer a solid situation where the bars hold the mesh flat, and the material goes where it is supposed to go.

got some of the jigs done, any pointers

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