Handmade Banjos

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From the MAKE Flickr pool

Member J.P. Banjos shares some great build pics from his workshop.

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Here is the banjo, fit together. The top two are self-explanatory. In the bottom two images, I am gluing the neck onto the dowel stick. To do this, I clamp a straight edge to the plane of the neck. That way, by making sure the straight edge is perfectly lined up with respect to the edge of the rim, I can assure that the neck will not be skewed once it’s attached to the dowel stick permanently.

Beautiful work in these shots – Thanks J.P. Banjos!(love saying that name) – Link

One Response to Handmade Banjos

  1. My father-in-law has plans for banjos on his website as well as build pictures and plans of other instruments too. http://bluestemstrings.com/

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