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John Herrington Says:
Saturday, November 22, 2008 @11:22:28 AM
Ahah, is this the wone you are still working on? Tell me about the pot size and the head itself. Also how you get the head tight. I have the Foxfire books, so understand the terminology, at least. My banjo has a 6 inch head, yet is warm and I love to play it!
Thanks for sharing these pictures with us, don.
John Herrington
riverwindflutes Says:
Sunday, November 23, 2008 @6:01:39 AM
Hi John, This is the one I finished about a month ago, I have a mahogany one in the works, but with 4 kids and a full time job it's hard to squeeze in much banjo making time, Anyway to answer your question the skin head size is 6" inches and is made of Goat skin, but you could use Calf, and the wood pot diameter is about 10-1/4" inches. I know the Foxfire book says to sew the wet skin onto a ring then put pressure behind it with a metel stove pipe or coffee can, but what I do and what works for me is to glue and staple the skin real good to the back of the top of the pot, then I place a wooden tone ring (that I previously made) behind the skin to put pressure against the skin, the back of the pot pushes against the wooden tone ring, there is also a center ring which you can see in the photo made of maple, this hides the tone ring, I then screw everything together with brass screws, kinda like a wood sandwich, I actually saw a similar mountain banjo in a pawn shop and kindly asked the owner if I could diassemble it, and to my suprise he said yes, thats when I disovered that the head was stapled and glued to the back of the top, and the head on this banjo was very tight, Well, I hope this helps you out, If you have any more questions just ask, and I'll be happy to answer any that I can.
Take Care
Don
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