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  1. 16th August 2011, 11:19 PM #1
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    Default My all wood "tin can" banjo!

    On this last weekend I took part in SATurn. A whole weekend of fun AND wood turning! This year's theme was anything to do with music. I must have been reading Groggy's by line a bit often. Cos it struck me that I should make a tin can banjo. And cos tin cans are round I thought that maybe I could make the tin can bit out of turned wood too! did his usual shaking head in disbelief. And said "So you are making a practice one aren't you? " "Ok! Ok! I'll make a practice one." Which I did last weekend. Kinda pleased I did cos there's a few tricky bits. But on I plowed undeterred! At SATurn I had not only but a whole room of blokes going "you're making a what? " So here's what I did. Still needs a bit of tweaking to play properly. Its fretless, cos Jeez I only had one weekend! (But I do have frets for the next one. ) The doodad that hold the strings needs a better bit of string to hold it off the sound board. And one of the tuning pegs is too loose. Not to mention the shape of the tuning pegs knobs being a little on the painful side! And its only got 4 strings cos........ just cos!

    The woods, for those so inclined are; Silky Oak, Blackwood, some sort of cedar, a bit of firewood for the string holding doodad, Spotted gum tuning pegs, something starting with b for the bridge () and dunno wood for the fret board! Just finished with white shellac!
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  3. 16th August 2011, 11:50 PM #2
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    Ingenious, well done.


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  4. 16th August 2011, 11:51 PM #3
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    That's a classic.

    How does it sound?
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  5. 16th August 2011, 11:57 PM #4
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    Yowsers!

    And it seems like only last week someone was asking "who can turn platters for my teacups?"

    That is nice! I can't help but wonder how it'll sound after you finish tweaking it...
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  6. 17th August 2011, 12:18 AM #5
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    Wonderful! Do you play, or is it just an ornament?
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  7. 17th August 2011, 12:51 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    Wonderful! Do you play, or is it just an ornament?
    Well.... I use to be able to play guitar. And I bought a book! And I'm not stopping till I can play Cripple Creek!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tea lady View Post
    And I'm not stopping till I can play Cripple Creek!
    Is that anything like Cripple Mr Onion?
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  9. 17th August 2011, 01:48 AM #8
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    Cool build, TL
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    If there's no .mp3 file of how it sounds, it didn't happen! Isn't that how it goes????


    You should name it "No Fear". I'd never have been game to tackle such an idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . even if it didn't happen
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  11. 17th August 2011, 09:42 AM #10
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    Love the sound board.
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    Awesome TL

    Really love that silky oak. Looks sensational.

    Though you could have done the neck as split turning so the back half is round but the front is flat. Dunno if that would work though

    Genuinely imperssed

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    oops. looking more closely at the picks, I see you probably did do that with the neck
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    Tea Lady is being very modest.

    She won the best in show award.

    I'm not so modest.

    I won an award for worst in show.

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    Gee AM ! I like it a lot. Top marks for even attempting such a project under those conditions
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tim the Timber Turner View Post
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    I won an award for worst in show......
    OK, where are the pics then?
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