MIMF

Thanks for sparking the idea guys. I gave my EB class of 5-7 year old students a choice of making "pop bottle" or "peach crate" ukuleles. The attached photo shows some of the results. Don't tell little ones what they cannot do and they will do wonderful things. BTW these ukes com...

Have any of you built a kit for these instruments that has rounded corners? Last year I had a class build wooden head banjos. These PETE head instruments might make a good ukulele project for this year. Rounding the corners would add to the ukulele nature of the instruments.

Any ideas?

Found an old picture of how I stiffened the body.

I noticed you used what looks like a 2 inch wide piece to strengthen the body. I've seen other banjo variants with the same thick body brace. The banjo (banjo-guitars) that I have built used a 3/4 dowel as the body brace. After working through the joining, they seem to hold just fine. I'm afraid I h...