Popsicle stick guitar

Step 3 Making top and back

Glued sticks on a flat surface covered with foil to make top.......the back I glued directly on the Gremlin guitar so it would be arched.........

Comments

[mdog93]

how did you get the sticks to stay together with such a small gluing surface area. I started gluing the flat top for my matchstick ukelele. I thought i wanted to do this and wanted to do something right there and then, but had no sticks, and didn't have enough time atm for a big project like this. However, i did have craft matchsticks, so i thought smaller sticks= smaller guitar... or a ukelele. I'm thinking i might cheat a bit and brace it with solid wood, because i don't think it will be strong enough. did you double layer? or just glue the sticks side by side and add structural bracing?

[busupholstery]

I glued them up on tin foil......One layer......Google match stick guitar......

[mdog93]

that's exactly as i did, but once removed from the foil it became very flimsy and some of the edge pieces borke of and there was a lot of flex down the middle, i had to re-glue down the cracks where it was weak, but hopefully it wont be too bad. I think i will have to add a lot of bracing to stop it collapsing. It doesn't help that some of the matchsticks aren't perfectfly square and some are completely lopsided.

[NickoftheRead]

how did you cut out the central sound hole?

[busupholstery]

Roughed out with utility knife and sanded.......

[NickoftheRead]

awesome, thanks

[joejoeya]

neat project.....how were the holes between the sticks on the front and back filled?

[2105301]

wats up joejoeya

[busupholstery]

A layer of glue and  then Walnut wood filler...........

[2105301]

wat that mean