Got a new Stew-Mac catalog yesterday and see that they have a new banjo kit. It's the first one in several years. They carried a very good one about 10 years...
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Oct 3, 2003 6:30 pm
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The Gold Tone kit banjo referred to in the Stew-Mac kit posting should have been: MC-150-OB Sorry, Wayne Norman [Non-text portions of this message have been...
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Oct 3, 2003 9:10 pm
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I recently purchased a Goldtone Maple Classic kit with a resonator from FQMS for $300.00 Just for fun I wrote up my adventures as I built the kit. You can see...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
I recently purchased a Goldtone Maple Classic kit with a resonator from FQMS for $300.00 Just for fun I wrote up my adventures as I built the kit. You can see...
Hi all, I've just put up some new pics on my site showing a new tone-ring configuration and how I'm carving necks these days. Look for the link "In the...
There has been discussion about shimming a neck to correct action. The biggest problem seems to be getting some suitable material for the shim. That's just not...
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Oct 9, 2003 3:22 pm
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I am a new group member and have been building banjos since 1974. Started with fretless banjos, got into openbacks, also did a some resonator banjos, etc....
Hi there, Welcome to the group. I build resonator banjos myself, and I would like to try metal engraving and heel carving as well. I have a paramount here...
Thanks for the welcome. I haven't tried anything like this before and am looking forward to seeing what all the members do. In regard to heel carving, this is...
Hi all, Glenn's post below got me to thinking, which happens every now and then. I have a website at www.robertedney.com to display my banjo work and I've just...
Welcome to the group. My name is David Hyatt; I only make gourd banjos, and have a web site devoted to that study www.dhyatt.com <http://www.dhyatt.com/> . My...
Glenn, Thanks for the response. I've got a website at: http://www.mcknightinstruments.com/ where you can see some of the banjos I've built. I haven't done...
Hi Robert, There is a photos section on the Yahoo Groups page which is much better for putting up pictures than the files section. It automatically thumbnails...
There is a lot of overlap in the techniques required for banjo heel carving and gun stock carving. You might want to search for tools, designs, and techniques...
I've been doing heel carving for about 20 years. It is a style called relief carving. It is about the simplest style of carving that can be done. I have a ...
I would agree on the comments on relief carving as being a good way to go. There is a very nice video "Relief Carving A Kentucky Rifle", with Wallace Gusler....
At 12:22 PM 10/10/03 -0500, you wrote: How do you ... do I ... I had problems drawing my pattern on one side of the heel (let alone its mirror image on the...
The way that I've been transferring patterns lately is to scan the pattern, use a computer program to make mirror images (I use Corel Draw, but there are a...
Busy weekend and just had a chance to check the site. I am going to enjoy talking with all of you folks about all things banjo. My son and I were playing banjo...
Hi, What size hole should be drilled for fitting a standard size violin peg? Thanks, David Porter Baton Rouge [Non-text portions of this message have been...
David, I have gotten "standard" pegs that seem to vary by Mfg. So what I do is drill a larger hole (5/16 or 3/8"?) in test material and see how much reaming is...
... David, I'm no expert, but I think that since the 'standard' size of violin peg varies somewhat in taper and diameter, you'd probably want to have pegs in ...
Thanks for the replies to my question. I wanted to know because I was ordering a brad point bit to do the job. I see now I'll have to order several. The bits...
Violin pegs are tapered and often need dressing to fit. Ditto the hole they fit into. Tool suppliers sell special tapered reamers and devices for trimming the...
