In my old wooden cabin up in the hills of south east London I make banjos, canjos, cigarbox guitars and other things that go twang. Every instrument is fully hand made in the traditional way with a minimal use of power tools and usually using reclaimed timber (that way i can use exotic hard woods and sleep well at night). So if you are interested in buying a high quality unique instrument keep checking here or contact me if you would like to commission something. flatfootjohnny@hotmail.com
Tuesday 24 May 2011
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Monday 16 May 2011
Dont try this at home folks
In order to save time and effort in carving the radius for the join between neck and pot i decided to build myself a drum sander, using a router mounted upside down onto a work bench.
Unfortunately something went amiss and as soon as i switched it on the drum shot out and hit me clean between the eyes.
This photo was taken just after i stemmed the flow of blood...
and just before the swelling began making me look like Davros
With aching head and blurry vision i set too to have another go. This time setting the router to its slowest setting... all seemed good for about 10 seconds then it started speeding up of its own accord to full speed causing Davros to panic and run for the plug... Thanks for the cheap as chips Aldi router... i should have known better.
Unfortunately something went amiss and as soon as i switched it on the drum shot out and hit me clean between the eyes.
This photo was taken just after i stemmed the flow of blood...
With aching head and blurry vision i set too to have another go. This time setting the router to its slowest setting... all seemed good for about 10 seconds then it started speeding up of its own accord to full speed causing Davros to panic and run for the plug... Thanks for the cheap as chips Aldi router... i should have known better.
Hand made Hook Nuts
Today i made some hook nuts. Turned them from some 8mm hex bar. I'm quite pleased with them but i feel they could be better. So im gonna make some more.
Sunday 15 May 2011
Neck hole drilling jig
Heres a jig i made to fit onto my lathe so that i can drill dowel rod holes in necks. Its a bit Heath Robinson and will probably be adapted as i use it more but works pretty good so far.
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