Started building a turning machine for my banjo rims to finish, sand and polish. Here is the base plate for the chuck that will hold them as they are spun.
08.02.2026 04:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Started building a turning machine for my banjo rims to finish, sand and polish. Here is the base plate for the chuck that will hold them as they are spun.
08.02.2026 04:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sadden to hear Brad Arnold 47 yrs young and vocalist for 3 Door Down has past away. RIP Brad….. condolences to his wife, family and friends
08.02.2026 04:17 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Written a long time ago but so current…….. loved this band forever
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The neck blanks arrived yesterday from a banjo builder from Victoria, Australia. Here is a link to Nara makes awesome instruments
narademasson.weebly.com/instruments....
bottom to top : Tasmanian Black wood, American black walnut, fretted and fretless finger boards
The walnut veneer arrived a couple of weeks ago looks pretty cool. I’m going to use it on the rims, front of the peg heads perhaps with an inlay if I can master that skill.
19.01.2026 21:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cutting the rims presented a couple of issues. I cut it to spect and with the flipping over to cut from the other due to router depth to thickness of the blank the cutting circle shifted slightly. So make another blank allow 2mm either side of the cut. Build lathe like tool to shape the rims.
19.01.2026 21:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Banjo project,
Well I decided it’s time for another lil project and perhaps do a blog with this on BlueSky. I am building 2 banjo’s one will be fretted the other fretless open back old time style. Starting with making the rims…. I know there are ways not like mine, but I’m experimentin.
Allison De Groot playing along side an awesome fiddler who in recent years passed on. We miss you Pete RIP
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Oooooooh yeah!!!
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We lost another legend, RIP Jimmy Cliff
26.11.2025 10:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An Australian legend…….
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Looooooooove this!!! 💙💙💙💙
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The sweet sound of a gourd banjo, drunken hiccups by Joseph Decosimo
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This is some special shit! Children are the rocks of our future…..
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😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
16.10.2025 08:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0That was back in the day when Doctor Who was truly freaky…. As a kid it would give me nightmares….. but I loved it!!! 😀
15.10.2025 19:02 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
RIP Patricia Routledge……. You will be sorely missed
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Say no more….. Zappa was on the money.
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No I don’t think I have
03.10.2025 07:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Neil Finn - David Bowie cover Heroes….. boy do we need some of them today
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This is how we honour the leaders in our community, in New Zealand. To the great rugby legend Jonah Lomu.
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This is the sh*t!
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The legendary SRV…..
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Going back a few years but the wonderfully talented Rayna Gellert
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Clifftop is an annual event/gathering….. One day I will make the trip to America to experience this event. However the current politics would need to change.
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Paul Mario Day has sadly passed away 29.07.25 Newcastle, NSW, Australia. He was the original vocalist for British heavy rock band Iron Maiden. RIP Paul.
30.07.2025 09:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0