I have a brace on my right hand and I am more or less out of commission as far as building goes for a while. But I found myself in need of a uke and I figured the least effort would be to use a cigar box for the body and use a ready made bridge that came as a kit with nut saddle and tuners. So nothing fancy here, hope it sounds ok.
A 2"x3" stud as the neck, a couple of pieces for a top which I can not remember why I cut them. Not quartered, might actually help out in a small build like this.
Run a router over the edges of the top using a square as a straight edge.
Gluing up the top and 'linings'.
X braced the top to get the maximum area vibrating, well at least in my mind.
Roughing out the neck.
Further on the neck and cut a piece of walnut for the fretboard.
Bridge glued to the top, top to the box, how am I going to do the neck joint?
Actually looks like it may work. Frets in.
Finished the neck, glued the fretboard to the top, shimmed the neck joint with a wedge, who would have thought a cigar box would have been built with the sides at right angles? A coat of poly on everything. A recessed pocket for a screw through the neck into the neck block. I did say this was going to be a half-as build didn't I?
Finish her up today.
Sorry if that happened. I just noticed because I use the same fiberglass rods. I built an overhead board that has a grid of holes in it spaced every 1/2". I put the pointed end into the hole to keep it from skating and put the rubber tipped end on the workpiece.