October 8th, 2013: A PRODUCTIVE DAY: Today I had no other commitments, so I have been able to spend the entire day on the uke kits. The first thing I did today was to drill the 5/32" holes in the fingerboard for the dot inlays. Then I glued in the dots in one of the fingerboards, using a dot of superglue.   The next task was to install the threaded inserts in the heel ends.   Next, I bandsawed out the final neck shape, staying about 1/16" outside of the line on the fingerboard surface edges.           Here I am gluing the fingerboard onto one of the necks.   Now it was time to work on the box. I have removed the panel opposite the opening lid. To do this, I had to use a razor blade to cut through the paper covering the panel edges, and then remove about six staples which had secured the panel to the box.   Now that I had the panel removed, I could trace the box outlines onto the 1/16" thick Western red cedar that I will be using for the tops. I have cut out the 2" diameter soundholes, using a fly-cutter on my drill press. The center of the soundhole is 3" down from the top. Here you can also see the lines I have drawn for the placement of the single spruce brace (1/4" wide and 5/8" tall) and the 1/16" mahogany bridge patch (1" by 4").

Here I am using my go-bar deck to glue on the brace and bridge patch.

Finally, here I am gluing on the 2" wide neck block onto the box.

 

 

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