ALMOST finished an entire build in one day yesterday. It's my second reso uke. This one is using a tin postcard from Hawaii.
The box should have been rejected outright. Not a great box and it sort-of splits in the middle instead of having a top lid. Used it anyway.
Box got a hole for the reso plate and two grommet soundholes. Took a uke bridge/tailpiece combo and cut it in two to separate the bridge and tail parts. Glued the tail, made a damn mess of it with a drill then covered my mistake with a couple of wooden pegs. Looks like I meant to do it.
Scavenged some tuners from a junker uke I had lying around. This meant that I had to thin down the headstock to accommodate them, so no scarf joint needed. Used the band saw for that and to rip down the neck so it wouldn't touch the resonator. Rasped, sanded, drilled and three coats of spray poly.
Fretted and dressed the oak fingerboard which I will glue once the neck is fitted to the box.
All that remains is wiring up a piezo pickup, attaching a handle and stringing her up.
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