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	<title>Ukulele Hut</title>
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	<description>Your Ukulele Vacation</description>
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		<title>Jake Shimabukuro &#8211; Performing &#8220;While My Guitar Gently Weeps&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jake Shimabukuro is often regarded as one of the best ukulele players in the world. Here he is in Central Park performing &#8220;While My Guitar Gently Weeps&#8221;

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		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/videos/jake-shimabukuro-performing-while-my-guitar-gently-weeps/</link>
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		<title>A Brief History of the Ukulele</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Ravenscrag arrived in Honolulu on the afternoon of August 23, 1879, it was carrying 419 Portuguese immigrants from the island of Madeira to work in the sugar cane fields. It had been a long and hard journey of over 4 months and some 15,000 miles. In celebration of their arrival, Joao Fernandes borrowed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/about/a-brief-history-of-the-ukulele/</link>
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		<title>Final Finishing of Ukulele</title>
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Finish sanding your &#8216;ukulele. Always with the grain.
Tape off fret board and bridge as desired.
Spray sanding sealer and finish on your &#8216;ukulele.
Install keys,nut, and bridge bone. The nut will be notched to hold strings in position.
String up your &#8216;ukulele.
Congratulations! Enjoy your &#8216;ukulele.





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Ukulele Assembly Sequence
Constructing the &#8216;Ukulele Neck
Shaping of the Neck and Tail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drilling of Holes for Ukulele Tuning Keys</title>
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Layout holes for keys.
Drill holes based on the diameter of your keys&#8217; posts and bushings.





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Ukulele Assembly Sequence
Constructing the &#8216;Ukulele Neck
Shaping of the Neck and Tail Blocks
Layout and Bending of &#8216;Ukulele Sides and Lining
Gluing Up of Top and Back of &#8216;Ukulele
Sanding and Shaping of Ukulele Sound Board and Back
Installing Neck onto &#8216;Ukulele [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/build-make-an-ukulele/drilling-of-holes-for-ukulele-tuning-keys/</link>
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		<title>Making of Fret Board and Ukulele Bridge</title>
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Draw center line on fret board. Place fret board in fretting jig with double stick tape and make sure saw cuts go to the full depth across the fret board.
Remove the fret board carefully from fretting template.
Lay fret board on neck over center line and trace shape of neck onto fret board.

Cut and sand edges [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/build-make-an-ukulele/making-of-fret-board-and-ukulele-bridge/</link>
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		<title>Finishing Ukulele Surface</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Using various grits of sandpaper, sand body and neck making sure all scratches and excess glue are removed, e.g.. start with 100, then 150, 220 and 320. Always sand with the grain.






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Ukulele Assembly Sequence
Constructing the &#8216;Ukulele Neck
Shaping of the Neck and Tail Blocks
Layout and Bending of &#8216;Ukulele Sides and Lining
Gluing Up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/build-make-an-ukulele/finishing-ukulele-surface/</link>
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		<title>Gluing on Back of &#8216;Ukulele</title>
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Place &#8216;ukulele on jig and clamp neck flat to jig.
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		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/build-make-an-ukulele/gluing-on-back-of-ukulele/</link>
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		<title>Gluing in of Bottom Lining and Back Bracing</title>
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Make plywood jig that is width of the narrowest point on the sound board to hold the back in place.

Cut notches in lining where cross braces will be installed.
Glue in bottom lining~. using 1&#8243; spring clamps. Make sure lining is glued in even with or slightly higher than the bottom edge of the side pieces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/build-make-an-ukulele/gluing-in-of-bottom-lining-and-back-bracing/</link>
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		<title>Gluing on Sound Board of the &#8216;Ukulele</title>
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Leaving &#8216;ukulele in mold, line up the center line of neck with the center line of the tail block.
Find center line of sound board (glue joint).
Apply glue to top edge of body including lining and blocks.
Centering sound board on body, sandwich and clamp mold between two pieces of plywood. Make sure center line of sound [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/build-make-an-ukulele/gluing-on-sound-board-of-the-ukulele/</link>
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		<title>Glue in Top Lining and Top Braces</title>
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Cut notches in lining where cross bracing will be          installed.
 
Glue in top lining only using 1 &#8221; spring clamps. Make          sure lining is glued in even with or slightly higher than      [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ukulelehut.com/build-make-an-ukulele/glue-in-top-lining-and-top-braces/</link>
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