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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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Progress! I have all the in between pictures saved, just need to go through them all.

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.

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