The fret boards look like purple heart? I used that for the fret board on a base I built several years ago. Very stable and quite attractive.Nothing technical here, just fretboards clamped on with sugical rubber tubing..I've done it this way for years without any problems.
The fret boards look like purple heart? I used that for the fret board on a base I built several years ago. Very stable and quite attractive.
I do pretty much the same thing only I use an old bicycle inner tube cut into strips. Not because they're better or anything I just had an old bicycle inner tube laying around my shed.
EI rosewood perhaps.
Noticed you have the frets installed prior to gluing down. The time I've tries this, the fretboard swelled up from the glue and cupped (in the bad direction), presumably due to the frets preventing the top side from expanding as much as the bottom side. And ended up getting gaps.
Dampen the upper side (prior to gluing) to counteract the cupping.
Or use non water based glue...Epoxy perhaps
I said that co's it's what Rick Turner uses on his instruments..He, or someone else, may need to remove it at some point.
I would recommend Titebond or hide glue. I've always glued the slotted fretboard on first and then the frets, but I've only built guitars. Maybe uke builders do it differently due to the thing being more fragile?
Dampen the upper side (prior to gluing) to counteract the cupping.
Dampen the upper side (prior to gluing) to counteract the cupping.
Noticed you have the frets installed prior to gluing down. The time I've tries this, the fretboard swelled up from the glue and cupped (in the bad direction), presumably due to the frets preventing the top side from expanding as much as the bottom side. And ended up getting gaps.
I do pretty much the same thing only I use an old bicycle inner tube cut into strips. Not because they're better or anything I just had an old bicycle inner tube laying around my shed.