Knots to Knot and Knots to Not Knot

.. Keep checking the fit, and mark with a pencil the places to grind down a little. The face on the inside part was made nearly a perfect cy...

.. Back to the grindstone. I was able to create a concave cylindrical face pretty accurately by just eyeballing it, sanding and keep checkin...

.. Now remember, I wanted to lean the neck back one degree or so. Let's consider the math for that. Imagine (or just look at the followi...

.. Looking at the title here, " Homemade Cookie Tin Banjo", reminds me that my uncle had a housekeeper lady named Marie. Every yea...

.. Banjos have such a fun, distinctive sound that they have become a standard item in almost every real band. The usual paradigm is to pick ...