It has been a while since I posted here. I just started a new project, a Stick Dulcimer. This a small bodied instrument with a diatonic scale. Below is a picture of the body:
I already got wood for the top, back and sides. They will be all made out of Zebrano. Probably the fretboard will be zebrano too. Still have to get wood for the neck though. I wend for a ukulele set which has plenty enough wood for this small instrument.
For this project I will use plans I purchased from Michael J. King. Work started already on the mold. The plans use 12 mm MDF layers (3 of them). I have some 8 mm chipboard left over from some past flooring project. I will use those in a couple of layers.
When cut to size with a jigsaw 4 holes where drilled all the way through. In these holes 4 dowels will keep the mold together. After that I traced out body and cut it out in 3 layers.
The 8 mm layers are a bit thin and I am afraid they will break pretty soon. I am thinking of gluing two together. This means the body will be slightly higher as the are in the plans but that is alright.
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