Ukulele Building, cont

This view shows the bottom bracing design.


We now have the top glued to the sides and the excess material trimmed flush with the sides using a router. Now we will glue the bottom to the sides.

The bottom of the ukulele is slightly curved so it cant be glued flat as we did with the top. Because it is curved, the bottom must be clamped by the edges. These funny looking clamps are what we will use to do that.
It will take about 20 of these clamps to go all the way around. Each clamp has two sandpaper discs that help keep the clamp from sliding off the sides. Each clamp has a number from 1 to 25. First we did a dry run clamping the bottom to the sides starting with clamp number 1 then 2 then 3 etc. Then the clamps are carefully removed and placed on the table in order. This step pre-sizes the clamps so that once the glue is applied the bottom can be glued and clamped quickly.
All done! We will set it aside and wait for it to dry. See you tomorrow.