Building A Banjo Ukulele!!!

October 27th, 2015: I just yesterday finished a smaller project, the building of a banjo ukulele, using a hand drum I had purchased way back in 2005. While I was waiting for my recent tenor ukulele French-polished coats to cure, I figured I may as well spend the time on this project. As I was building it, I posted my progress on Facebook. SO...Here are my Facebook posts chronicling that fun project! Enjoy! (And, if you want to build one yourself, I have included a list of the various materials and supplies I used for this project.) FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MIGHT WANT TO BUILD A BANJO UKULELE YOURSELF SOMEDAY...Today I'm going to embed all the banjo... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Tuesday, October 27, 2015		WHILE I'M WAITING....Since I've got to wait 3 days now before I can do anything more on my uke, I thought I'd do some... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Friday, October 9, 2015		A START ON THE BANJO UKE: Last Sunday I did a little work on my banjo uke, while Randall was stringing up his guitar. I... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Wednesday, October 14, 2015		STILL WAITING . . . BUT MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS (on the banjo uke).I just figured out, marked out, and cut my basic... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Thursday, October 15, 2015
I LOVE THE SMELL OF BLOODWOOD IN THE MORNING . . . Actually, I do love the smell. I've been working with bloodwood in... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Friday, October 16, 2015		BANJO UKE FINGERBOARD . . .So far today I have inlaid the fingerboard position dots and side dots (just some 1/16"... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Saturday, October 17, 2015		THE BANJO UKE NECK FITS THE RIM!!!I wasn't intending to actually do all this today, but one thing led to another, and I... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Saturday, October 17, 2015		MEANWHILE...AT THE BANJO UKE:While I was waiting for the glued-on neck of the tenor uke to dry, I worked a little on... Posted by Kathy Matsushita on Monday, October 19, 2015

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