It had a couple of places where it fretted out, so I took it to the Dungeon to do some fret filing. In the process, I think I broke part of the end of the nut off - see the picture.
Panic.
I need to fix this and fix it fast. (Well, I could take another ukulele, I suppose).
I clamped a hunk of scrap ebony into my new Stew-Mac nut and saddle file. I told you I'd be using it a lot!
I cut a small hunk of ebony off the end. While I was doing this I kept thinking how this was "emergency ukulele repair," which reminded me of a Toy Making Dad blog post.
Then I improvised a clamp to hold the little piece of ebony in place on the end of the nut.
After the glue dried, I filed and sanded the new piece. It's a hair too short, but it looks good, has the right shape, and the string won't pop out.
The string slots on these old Martins are usually too deep, but I can't bear the thought of filing the original nuts down. So they stay as is.
All fixed and ready to go.
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