I bought a kit, it came with the sides already bent and the fretboard slotted for 22 frets (with provision for fret zero if that's what I want).
Everything else comes in raw wood, fret wires, black plastic binding strips (I wish it's white as that is my preference), kerfing strips, a long piece of hard wood, enough wood for the neck, head stock and heel of the neck. Tuning machines and strings are not part of this kit.
Top/back boards are still rectangle with the shape of the body drawn in them (I like this part). A very large drawing is in the kit, showing exact dimensions of every pieces to be cut.
Last Saturday, i spent some times to build the jig as instructured in the manual from StewMac (Tenor Ukulele build instruction).
photo with the sides put in (not cut to length yet, not ready to glued)
I don't remember what this is called, I just called it the "framework", a computer terminology. I have a long piece of wood (10' x 11" x 2") so it's kind of thick. I am wondering if the thick walls would cause difficulties or problems down the road.
Everything else comes in raw wood, fret wires, black plastic binding strips (I wish it's white as that is my preference), kerfing strips, a long piece of hard wood, enough wood for the neck, head stock and heel of the neck. Tuning machines and strings are not part of this kit.
Top/back boards are still rectangle with the shape of the body drawn in them (I like this part). A very large drawing is in the kit, showing exact dimensions of every pieces to be cut.
Last Saturday, i spent some times to build the jig as instructured in the manual from StewMac (Tenor Ukulele build instruction).
photo with the sides put in (not cut to length yet, not ready to glued)
I don't remember what this is called, I just called it the "framework", a computer terminology. I have a long piece of wood (10' x 11" x 2") so it's kind of thick. I am wondering if the thick walls would cause difficulties or problems down the road.