BobN
Well-known member
I started working on a homemade banjo uke.
The rim is a scrap piece of PVC (SDR-35) with a wood veneer.
The PVC had an ID of 8", so I cut about an inch out of the circumference and pulled it together with a strap. Then I heated it to keep the shape with an OD of slightly less than 8". I attached a plywood head block at the joint with epoxy (JB weld) and screws.
The fretboard is walnut scrap. The rest of the wood is butternut.
I bought about $70 worth of parts from Elderly:
shoe brackets, hooks & nuts, skin head, and tuners.
Cutting a piece of bone for the nut:
I made the bridge out of walnut. Bridge and piece of bone:
I will probably have it together in a couple weeks.
The rim is a scrap piece of PVC (SDR-35) with a wood veneer.
The PVC had an ID of 8", so I cut about an inch out of the circumference and pulled it together with a strap. Then I heated it to keep the shape with an OD of slightly less than 8". I attached a plywood head block at the joint with epoxy (JB weld) and screws.
The fretboard is walnut scrap. The rest of the wood is butternut.
I bought about $70 worth of parts from Elderly:
shoe brackets, hooks & nuts, skin head, and tuners.
Cutting a piece of bone for the nut:
I made the bridge out of walnut. Bridge and piece of bone:
I will probably have it together in a couple weeks.