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Kevin B - Posted - 06/09/2012: 08:40:58
In my quest for a banjo ukulele to add to my arsenal I made a rim. I stumbled onto an easy way to make a hard wood rim. I don’t believe a banjo uke needs the same precision as a bluegrass banjo as the small head is going to be fairly bright anyway.
Anyway, I was given a scrap of flexible hardwood plywood. I ripped it to the same height as my soprano uke. The plywood has two layers oriented vertical and a paper thin layer oriented horizontally. I found a piece of PVC pipe roughly 6 9/16” OD. Then wrapping one layer of the plywood around I sanded the end until I had a tight fairly flush joint. I used three staples at the joint to hold that layer together (I drove them in below the surface). Then I followed the same procedure and wrapped a second layer around the first and glued that layer with Titebond. Next I used six hose clamps to make two clamping bands to hold it all together (all I had but you can get a single 9” clamp). I clamped it for up for 48 hours. Next unclamped the rim and pushed the PVC out with relative ease. Now I have a hard thunky (not dull) sounding rim.
Edited by - Kevin B on 06/09/2012 08:43:54
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