gourd banjo complete and new things begining

"Gourd on the Vine" is now complete and i will hopefully be getting some vids of it on Youtube soon.

I'm half way through building a steel guitar made form a Quality street tin. Its going to be four string with spun steel internal resonator inside. I've beaten out the lid to give it a domed back and to remove the heavily embossed  Quality Street logo and Ive sanded off the paint and gone at it with a wire wheel to give it that antique steel guitar look (check out Kent Duchaines' "Lead Bessie"). The neck is Oak, with an Iroku fret plate.

I found this really great "Train Master" cigarbox and will be starting this once I get some more neck timber. I already have an idea in my head for some cool railway inspired carving.

I recently got very excited in an antique shop when i found these great antique wooden sieves. One is 9" diameter x 3.5" the other is 10" diameter x 5" and will make 3 fantastic grain measure banjos. Im especially excited about this because my 1 successfully grown gourd will probably take another 6 months or so to season (so long as it doesn't rot) and my recent attempts at bending some walnut for my next banjo ended in disaster and three lengths of wasted timber.