Making Things
Making of a Banjolele – Part 2
by Josh on Mar.26, 2010, under Making Things
In my last post I had just finished cutting out the rough profile of the neck. The next step was to shape the neck using rasps and files, patience was definitely the key for this part. I neglected to take any pictures of this step. This is a shot after shaping, with the peg head and fret board wood temporarily in place to get an idea of what the finished neck will look like.
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Banjolele!
by Josh on Mar.20, 2010, under Making Things
Progress! I have all the in between pictures saved, just need to go through them all.
Making of a Banjolele – Part 1
by Josh on Jan.25, 2010, under Making Things
This was a project that I had started before Christmas with the intention of it being a Christmas present for a special someone, but alas I have yet to finish! Since I am back at school again I have some nice blocks of dead space between classes which I figure is a perfect time to make some posts about the process that I am going through to build this stringed instrument.
Note: Take everything I do while making this with a grain of salt, I have never done this before and am making up many things as I go along. This is definitely a learning process for me.
For the neck of the banjolele I went with a strip of red oak sandwiched between two pieces of maple. After these were glued together and allowed to dry I attached a template of the side profile of the neck.
Making some Pi
by Josh on Jan.15, 2010, under Making Things
This Pi may not be as appetizing as a piece of pie, but it makes up for it by granting access to tightly sealed glass bottles that can be found at all the popular math parties.
Made out of 3/8th inch aluminium with a small loop to be attached to a key chain.
Content! Building a fence
by Josh on Oct.19, 2009, under Making Things
It has been quite some time since I have added anything to here. I could go on to make excuses why, but really, I don’t have any.
Rather than starting off with up to date content I am going to throw up some things from the summer. To start it off I would like to show you a lovely picket fence that I helped to build this summer. This is the fence that we replaced. It still looks great considering it is 40+ years old! But alas, some areas are starting to rot pretty bad leading to boards that fall off easily. (continue reading…)
