@robin My preference would be to cut away some wood from where the bottom of the head butts against the neck and move the whole thing up, but there is a lot of string height to take up. Changing the ...

@rocknroller912 You've preempted the questions I was going to ask you and I'd already taken this photo before I saw your post. The string height at the 12 fret is about 5mm and looks about 1.5mm reli...

@robin Can you post a photo of the banjo where the neck and body are joined. I’m thinking you might need to carve some wood from the neck to get it higher up and improve the action. Altering the neck ...

@powerful David Dyke is my number one supplier now for anything I can’t get from Bailey or wood where I want to do the jointing myself.

And it’s ordered. Sorted thanks

@rocknroller912 great stuff thanks

@powerful Acoustic building is a big learning experience but I’m sure you will get there. For kerf lining in the UK I would try David Dyke luthier suppliers. Very friendly firm to deal with. You can’t...

Glued the scarf joint today. It may or may not come out good, I'll know tomorrow when I take the clamps off and start checking it. If it's good and tight, then the game is on to measure and see how mu...

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In my previous post I asked if I could try and re- bend sides with kerf lining on. It may be obvious to most but the simple answer is NO YOU CANT all that happens is the kerf lining cracks and also cr...

Attachment : 4824F707-2CD6-488D-9726-0F0438EA3075.jpeg Attachment : F941D035-3031-40FF-866C-063FFE860C3D.jpeg As promised today I tackled the sides again. Got brutal with the kerf lining th...

@bpower yes those are my thoughts also. I have sent mark a question regarding this but not heard back yet. However I feel that like you the answer will be the same and I tend to agree. Thanks very muc...

@powerful. Hhmmmm.... I'm not sure about rebending the side with the kerf lining on it. If it was me I would probably remove the kerf lining and bend the side again until I am happy and then glue more...

@mattbeels Thanks That workbench is my daughters kitchen table with an old cloth over it. I wonder why I'm always getting played hell with. Yes the sides are very tricky so it's a bit like feeling yo...

Looks great @powerful, nice work! I’ve never bent sides before and I can imagine how tricky and stressful the first time must be! I guess some scrap to pratice (😉) on would be a good idea… I l...

Hi bpower . Yes further bending required at the waist so that’s tomorrow’s job then I’ll try again. Cheers

@powerful. Looks good. When you say you are offering up the sides that you need to tweek a bit.... do you mean you still need to bend them a little or are you lining them up to mark the braces to fit ...

Looks great @tej 😉