Banjo back

[ebanjo]

I wanted to carve the design on the resonator but the small carving tools I bought were no where near sharp enough, so I used a small round cutter in my dremel. Not what I originally was thinking. I am fixing this banjo up for myself to start teaching again. I've added some pictures and a few old ones of two of the electric banjos I've made.

[Grayhorn]

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That turned out real good, you should be happy with it. We are sometimes to critical of our own work.

[ebanjo]

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Thank you, I like it. I need to invest in some proper knives.

[Claude]

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You might also look for a burr for your Dremel that is "flame" shaped. It has both rounded and pointed parts... something like this: Buy Carving Burr, Gold Fine Grit, 1/8" Shank at Woodcraft.com

Claude

[Thor]

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I like the way it turned out. The tree is a really nice composition and the moon in what I take as mother of pearl? worked out really well too.
Thanks for showing us.

[ebanjo]

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I like that flame point, would have worked nice. The moon is abalone, the camera sort of washed out the color.

[Josef]

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Well done, a very nice instrument. Joe.

[brent]

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That's really nice. I've seen others just use a burning pen to do it..........no depth, just plain flat burn (brown) marks on wood.