I’m back in my shop and starting to get into a bit of a rhythm there. It was a busy farm season even though there wasn’t much soft fruit due to a January freeze (-10F). Garden vegetables, apples and various other fruits, nuts and honey carried us through the market season. I’m enjoying the WinterContinue reading “December 2024”
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Banjo Making 5 – May 2024
It’s been a while I know.. busy on the farm. After the rims are turned and trued up it’s time to veneer the outside and inside. I’ve experimented with regular veneer, which is pretty thin (about 1/24″, or 0.024″, or 0.6 mm) which is a standard thickness, and found it to be too thin. It’sContinue reading “Banjo Making 5 – May 2024”
Banjo Adventures – 4
After the ‘barrels’ are cut they’re ready to turn on the lathe. My current method is to use 3/4″ plywood screwed to a lathe faceplate, using two pieces of plywood is probably a better way, more stable. I center the barrel on the plywood and drill four holes (or more) through the ply into theContinue reading “Banjo Adventures – 4”
Adventures in Banjo Making – 01
A good friend handed me a banjo a few years ago and I loved it. I’ve had some experience playing in open G tuning on a guitar, so that was a plus not having to learn a new tuning, and there were only four strings! (It was a tenor banjo). The same friend later loanedContinue reading “Adventures in Banjo Making – 01”
Hampel Guitars 