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Summer banjos and such
I had been meaning to continue with monthly reports showing what I’ve been doing in the shop, but over the summer I let myself fall behind. I’ll get back to doing things in a more timely way now that fall is here. In June I started by building a custom fiddle with walnut ribs and
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Back at it again
I am back in the shop and making banjos (and other things) again. My trip went well and for anyone who may be interested I’ve posted a trip report on the Adirondack Forum at the link below: http://www.adkforum.com/showthread.php?p=269958#post269958 Here’s a link to a photo album on Flickr of some of the things I saw along
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I’ll be away August 22-28
I’ve not been keeping up with posting pictures of the things I’ve been building, but I will get back to it soon. It’s been a busy summer at the farm, and I am leaving on the 22nd for my annual vacation, bicycle camping in the Adirondacks. I’ll be out of cell service most of the
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May banjos
I am very late in posting this, but I can still remember what happened in May so it’s not too late yet. I’ve gotten involved in an unexpected roofing task which has been keeping me busier than normal this month in my ‘day job’ here at the farm. May started out with #76, another banjo
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April- a parlor guitar and a roundneck resonator
April was almost all guitars for some reason. The first project (for the first half of April) was my 5th acoustic guitar, and first parlor guitar. It was a custom ordered project, made from walnut with Stew-Mac torrefied spruce for the soundboard and braces, persimmon fretboard and curly maple binding. I was surprised by how
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March instruments
I meant to make this post two weeks ago, but time slipped away. In March I started with a custom banjo, #70, a 12″ walnut A scale. #71 was a walnut stock banjo, shown on the Banjos page #72 was a custom ordered walnut 12″ with a Dobson heel and no dots #s 73 and
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25% off on two banjos
***Both of these banjos have now been sold.*** Banjos #39 and #40 are now 25% off, at $648 and $633 respectively. I’m just trying to move them out to make room for new projects, and they’ve been around for 16 months now. They’re both shown on the Banjos page.
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February banjos
During February I made 6 banjos, of which 3 were custom made to order, 2 were in-stock instruments and 1 was for the BanjoHangout free drawing which is happening now. Banjo #64 was an A scale internal resonator custom banjo #65 was a custom D scale mini banjo, my first with an 8″ pot. The
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Banjo #66 completed
I put 5 coats of Tru Oil finish on the banjo on Sunday and put it together today. It has a curly walnut peghead overlay and the fretboard is streaky ebony. It’s a bit hard to see the streaks in the pictures. I like scoops better now that I have the power fretting saw set
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Building banjo #66, part 5
On Tuesday I sanded the back of the resonator flat on the 12″ disc sander and then used the table router to put a 1/4″ radius on the corners. On Thursday I drilled a 3/4 hole for the dowel stick using the Shopsmith. I carved the hole out to a square shape using a 1/2″