Strings and tuning

I'm working on a cigar box dulcimer strum stick type thing at the moment and I'm wondering, what tunings and string gauges do you guys usually do?

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How homemade can the amplifier get?...

So I've been into making little 9v amps built in to cigar boxes (with the lm386) and i've started to wonder about these pricey components that I'm getting at Radio Shack... What if...I could make them myself? http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/02

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Cigar Box Baritone Ukulele

I'm making a baritone uke, 20 inch scale length. Does anyone know how wide the neck would be? How wide at the nut? Thanks Charlie

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