Hi Everyone, Thanks for the ideas on how to tweak it. Since the last post I've coated it all about 15 times. Still havn't quite finished the varnish but give...
Looks good Jacob.Your sitting in small town Austrailia in the sun no doubt,I'm just finishing nigt duty in a cold ambulance station in N.Ireland.your 21,I'm...
Sitting here on night duty browsing this site and Cigarbox guitar group.Well impressed with your banjo.It's goaded me into getting of my backside and finishing...
Looking at Stacy's pictures I can't make out how the eye bolt tuners work. Would you explain the what and how of the eye-bolt tuning pegs? Dave Brown Heritage...
Here are the shots of the banjo. You can see I had to make the body quite small because soda bottles aren't very big. The glued-on plastic sheet sags a little...
I never owned or played a banjo but always wanted to try. Anyway, I decided to make one from whatever materials I could find. I couldn't find a cookie tin...
Not much happening here, though I`ve seen some new people joining the group. Welcome. Hope some of you might come out of lurking mode and tell the rest of us...
Anyways , I was cruising around the net after the post about sitars and came across Jerry Jone`s website for the Coral reissue electric sitars, ie a guitar...
texaskabar had a very good post on the banjomakers group. I hope he does not mind but I'm going to copy it over to here. Good ideas for builders. thanks. I...
Hey Guys, Just wanted to post this info for those who may not also be on the cigar box guitar group. The mega-fun Festival of Rivers is coming up in Hinton,...
No matter what yahoo does the slimers get in rooms.................pity -- In cookietinbanjo@yahoogroups.com, "xmriulywkje" <xmriulywkje@y...> ... money....
Hello. I have never built an instrument before, but would like to make a cookie tin style ukulele for my 7 year old grandaughter. I want to use the top of the...
Greetings all - I'm fairly new to building instruments, and this is my first post here. My first project, a cigar box ukelele, is still in the works, as I'm...
Thanks for all the replies! I did get the spring form pan at a thrift store, as none of the grocery stores around here had any tins. Oddly enough, neither...
Oh, now I get it. I'm a rookie. This is my first yahoo group. Believe it or not, I've been checking out the posts on my yahoo email account. I didn't know...
I was working on another tin ukulele and I thought I would leave the metal bottom on and compare it to my other with a 1/8" plywood topped one. Later I could...
What's the best way to cut out the whole in the cookie tin to slide the neck in? Scissors only mangle the tin to the point where it is dangerously jagged and...
I have a cigar box fiddle for sale on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7328535063&ssPageName=ADME:B:\ LC:US:1 I got a baby coming so...
My Name is Billy...from Wisconsin very near the Mighty Mississippi...I Joined Cookietinbanjo's for a little more insight into my CBG Projects...I've Lost...
ok so i just got a bunch of cigar boxes and i am about to start building a couple guitars and various other stringed insruments, but i was wondering what...
Greetings: With four new members signing up perhaps they could introduce themselves and talk about why they are here. Might help break the ice so to speak. Any...
I am a peace corps volunteer in Panama and I want to build a cookie tin banjo. I live way out in the country so we are limited to tools. I do have a...
Greetings, In Don`s instruments you will see two pics of a little banjo uke I just finished to take on a cruise to practice with. I`m quite pleased with the...
