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Banjo Build
S. Heslop:
Buffed nuts. There's still some scratches on the sides of them from where I gripped the hex bar with the lathe chuck. I think to remove that properly I should've gave the 6 sides a quick rub on some emery cloth. But alas~
Lined their tray with felt to hopefully protect them a bit. Not that it matters too much if they get scratched. A few of them are already a bit mangled from slipping off the buffing wheel and getting pushed into the rotating drill chuck. They also have a bit of scub left on them but i'm saving removing that for when i'm about to actually install them. I don't think it'll do any harm being left on till then.
Still waiting to get a call about some metal arriving in stock at a place to make the shoes. I hope they haven't forgotten about me! In the mean time I might start working on the neck.
vtsteam:
They look dang purty! :bow: :beer:
S. Heslop:
Thanks. I wish I wasn't lazy and took some before and after pics of the red and blue buffing compounds. Because the red makes them shiny, and I was thinking of stopping at that point and decided to buff it with the blue mostly to get the bulk of the grease off. Then I noticed that it does enshine them further. It's funny that it's all relative but I thought they were real shiny with just the red.
I think I now understand how people get obsessive over finishing.
micktoon:
:proj:hi Simon, they look the dogs bollocks to me :bow:, I thought you gave up and bought some when I saw the top photo :drool:
Cheers Mick
S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: micktoon on June 01, 2015, 05:58:04 PM --- :proj:hi Simon, they look the dogs bollocks to me :bow:, I thought you gave up and bought some when I saw the top photo :drool:
Cheers Mick
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I'm glad I decided to buff them properly instead of doing a quick rub with brasso like last time.
Also sod wood. I got a bit of meranti, 45x95mm, and in my plans I had it drawn up as 55x95 which was just big enough to make the banjo neck from. Turns out though that I was assuming i'd be able to get a bit of contrasting wood (maybe maple) at some point to make up the extra width, which i'd forgotten about. So I've been spending a while trying to think of how I can make use of this wood by itself but it might just be too narrow to do anything with, mostly due to the whole grain thing.
So I guess the neck is now postponed too due to material shortages too. The wood is also about as far from quartersawn as you can get, with the gain running diagonal. It seems to be a fairly stable wood besides that though so I think when I do laminate the neck i'll just arrange it so the grain is mirrored. I suppose I could try working on the truss rod in the meantime.
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