Looking at the title here, "Homemade Cookie Tin Banjo", reminds me that my uncle had a housekeeper lady named Marie. Every year about this time she'd make something like 2000 sugar cookies and decorate them by painting them with liquid frosting of various bright colors. There were Christmas trees, angels, snowmen, stars, and of course Santa. She used paintbrushes to paint the frosting on. And they sat out for a while drying. The whole dining room table was covered with them and the family ate somewhere else. Then she'd pack 'em into these cookie tins just like this one and give them out as gifts. Oh, man, were they good.
Next comes the task of carving the neck to that same cylindrical shape, but concave. I didnt think of a good table saw trick in time for this one. Found a good tool tho:
This is actually a little sanding cylinder tool that comes with the Dremel kit, but it works fine in the drill press.______________
You can find table saw blades that are 8" in diameter. You lower the blade down till it is just below the top. You clamp 2 pieces of wood the width of your neck block apart, to the table, perpendicular to and centered above the blade. You raise the blade a mm. Now slide the neck block sideways through the rotating blade. I suggest having a third block to push it through. Be very careful doing this, and take small increments until the neck is only resting on the two edge points. This works, and only if you love using a table saw creatively.
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