Options – Hardware Search Using a spokeshave to carve a walnut neck Fitting a brass scoop plate on an ebony fingerboard Branding a walnut scoop plate with our logo Installing brass side fingerboard dot markers Laying out a banjo neck on a nice piece of air-dried heirloom walnut Turning a block rim on the lathe Preparing layers of a walnut block rim Gluing and clamping a neck blank with black maple center stripe Cutting blocks to build a segmented rim One set of walnut rim block segments ready for glue-up Rough-trimming the outside diameter of a rim layer with the bandsaw Carefully drilling a hole for the 5th string tuning peg Drilling holes for fingerboard dot markers Layout lines for carving the neck volute Rough-shaping the inside diameter of a rim with router set-up Cutting a truss rod channel in the neck Glue-up of a 4-layer walnut rim stack Rough-cut of a neck side-profile Slotting an ebony fingerboard for frets Gluing an ebony peghead overlay to the neck blank Applying a beeswax finish to a walnut neck Fitting the dowel stick to the neck Drilling holes for mounting rim hardware Drilling holes in peghead for tuners Insetting custom brass inlay Carving a decorative relief around the 5th string tuner Installing tuners on a new walnut banjo Gluing an ebony fingerboard to the neck blank Ready to assemble! Installing frets on an ebony fingerboard Hand-shaping the volute area of a walnut neck Mounting a coffee-stained goatskin head Getting ready to stain some goatskins with dark coffee Mixing up some tins of banjo beeswax Shaping a brass tension hoop Total 0 Shares Share 0 Tweet 0 Pin it 0 You May Also Like
