new headless fretless cookie tin banjo design plus bangin on boards
Channel: Billy Stiltner
Date: 23/11/2023

still havent decided whether to put a spacer to raise the neck up a bit or add a fingerboard, either woukd work to get the strings lower to neck and clearing the rim, they are too high currently so bad action, it might be small but its got some volume if u hammer the strings, it is a simple curly maple screw on neck with dowel stick(rectangular ) screwed to the end of the body.
the dowel stick has piano tuning pins usually where a tailpiece might be neck has no head , simple holes for strings, no nut is needed however a place was routed via chisel for one.  needs a good bridge carved and the top of fingerboard shaped. im impressed with the sound however i want to make a  all wood one. the cookie tin bottom (soundboard of banjo) had a ridge near the outer edge allowing too much flex in the soundboard so it has caved in like a speaker. doesnt seem to hurt the sound, i actually deadened the sound a bit by using a wide brace between dowel stick and soundboard. has a  cedar golf tee like sound pole below strings. hope u enjoy!
check out my new workbench im settin on. its a curly maple 4"x11.5"x5'2" benchtop just sittin on an oak booksahelf side which was to become my exrtra space and excess tool tray, the oak shelf side  screwed into it 2 1950s metal foldable cafeteria legs which are constructed battle read, that curly maple top might be te haviest thing i ever lifted so high, took me and another strong feller to carry it up to the house , u talk aboit a cardio workout , probably 180bpm heat rate haul, anyways the n ew bench dont rock or sway when plani g or sawing on it , i love it, also go so me maple tops to add to my old woodwork bench an d fitted a grill cart with a 40" maple top which is my sound bench complete with JL audio subs and custom built mid monitorsand a cheap wallyworld car stereo to drive them, just vwaitin  on the sun to charge them batteries up, have fun