From what I know titanium is REALLY expensive to work and takes extremely high temperatures to melt. The on line source I looked up says 3034 °F,1668 °C so...
Titanium fabrication has come a long way. High end bicycles are being made of it (see for example : http://www.litespeed.com/2006/home ). Those are welded...
If tonering is mandatory, there's not a lot you can do to reduce the weight by any significant amount--the difference between seven and a half pounds and eight...
I'd sure have to agree here.I have a parts banjo built around a Pass woody,I couldn't be happier with it.It weighs in at around 9 lbs,and volume is not a...
What does a Kulesh weigh, anyway? I can't find that spec anywhere, but the thing feels pretty heavy to me. -- Lew Stern Chief Surgeon Little Bear Banjo...
Banjomakers, I was excited to find a banjomakers group in Yahoo Groups. I'm a new member, so I thought I would tell a little about myself. I make banjos in the...
Welcome to the group. You should post some photos of your instruments. Brian (_)=='=~ ... If only the best bird sang, the forest would be a very quiet place. ...
Hello Jerry: I would like to welcome you to the site. I am usually one of the silent majority. I have only been playing banjo for three years. I also enjoy ...
I just posted some pictures of my newest cello banjo. There's always room for cello! It has a 16" pot with a tubaphone tone ring. I built this for a member of...
This question has probably been asked before, but I cannot find the reference. I am starting to get a bug to build a gourd banjo. Growing a viable gourd up...
Brian, Good point. I will take some pictures. I don't have a digital camera, so it may be a while (developing, etc.) Thanks, Jerry ... instruments. ... new ......
Rick: I am interested in some info on the cello banjo. What strings are you using? Is it tuned an octave lower than a regular five string? I would like to ...
You can look around on line using Google. The one site that I have bookmarked says that they are out but it's the time of year that gourds are being picked...
Ya, I did Google, and I found a site that sells wholesale, {http://www.welburngourdfarm.com/} but I do not need a truckfull of the things, just a couple good, ...
Brian, I heartily recommend the Welburn Gourd Farm (I'm on the road right now and don't have the URL) but there are gourd "patches" - groups of gourd crafters...
Actually, I just took a closer look at their web site: http://www.welburngourdfarm.com/ and I found that they sell Gourds By The Box, and they are charging ...
Byron I use Augustine classical guitar strings. I use the 1st guitar string for the fifth banjo string. Second guitar string for the first banjo string. Third ...
Brian, Do a search for banjo parts on Ebay. There's an Oriental source for great looking bone and horn pegs, very reasonable too. I"m almost tempted to order a...
I watch little TV, but one of my patients pointed out that some cable network recently ran a series with on banjo building (? with Dave Ball). Does anyone know...
The DIY channel has run this several times. They WILL NOT sell these in recorded form (They do this on several instruments; banjo, violin, guitar, and...
DIY originally filmed everything in extreme detail, but cutting it down to 3 half hour episodes removes a lot of stuff. Anything left to the imagination that...
Not a negative comment about the station or the presenter. No other station tried to present such material and most people wouldn't try to tackle the job or...
